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A discussion of the detection mechanism and the response character of the helium detector

Diskussion des Nachweis-Mechanismus und des Ansprechverhaltens eines Helium-Detektors

Etude du mécanisme de détection et des caractéristiques de la réponse d'un détecteur à hélium

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Data on the detectors using metastable atoms of rare gases are summarized in this article. The results are correlated, and a qualitative explanation of the detection mechanism given. The use of these detectors, their advantages, and disadvantages are discussed. This information is further useful as an orientational manual for work with both commercial and home-made detectors, which allows the experimentor to predict and prevent inadequate detector performance and to explain the character of response. The expected character of the response in the helium and the argon detectors in various cases, are given for the reader's orientation in Tables V. and VI.

Finally, we deem it necessary to repeat that the problems of the helium detector are involved and complex. The polarization voltage and the carrier gas purity are the most important parameters. The flow rate of carrier gas, the detector geometry, temperature, pressure, and the source of the ionizing radiation are less critical factors.

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First part see Chromatographia5, 258 (1972)

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Lukáč, S., Ševčík, J. A discussion of the detection mechanism and the response character of the helium detector. Chromatographia 5, 311–316 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02268594

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