radiation chamber
21Expansion chamber — An Expansion chamber is an exhaust system used on a two stroke cycle engine to enhance its power output by improving its volumetric efficiency. It makes use of the energy left in the burnt exhaust exiting the cylinder to aid the filling of the… …
22Wire chamber — Drift chamber at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris …
23Environmental chamber — Example of temperature/humidity chamber. An environmental chamber is an enclosure used to test the effects of specified environmental conditions on biological items, industrial products, materials, and electronic devices and components.… …
24Bubble chamber — A bubble chamber is a vessel filled with a superheated transparent liquid (most often liquid hydrogen) used to detect electrically charged particles moving through it. It was invented in 1952 by Donald A. Glaser, for which he was awarded the 1960 …
25ionization chamber — n a partially evacuated tube provided with electrodes so that its conductivity due to the ionization of the residual gas reveals the presence of ionizing radiation * * * a device for measuring ionizing radiation by the measurement of the… …
26ionisation chamber — /aɪənaɪˈzeɪʃən tʃeɪmbə/ (say uyuhnuy zayshuhn chaymbuh) noun a device for measuring the strength of ionising radiation, consisting of a gas filled chamber containing two electrodes between which a potential difference is maintained. The radiation …
27Synchrotron Radiation Center — The Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC), located at the University of Wisconsin Madison, [ [http://www.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin] ] was originally built around Tantalus, a 240 MeV electron storage ring, which was a legacy of the Midwestern… …
28diffusion chamber — simple form of cloud chamber, a device used for radiation detection (see cloud chamber). * * * …
29spark chamber — n. any of several devices for detecting charged subatomic particles, decay products, rays, etc., consisting usually of a large group of closely spaced, oppositely charged metal plates between which sparks will jump through an inert gas, as neon,… …
30ionization chamber — noun a measuring instrument that measures the amount of ionizing radiation • Syn: ↑ionization tube • Hypernyms: ↑measuring instrument, ↑measuring system, ↑measuring device • Hyponyms: ↑boron chamber, ↑ …
