EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL DETERMINATION OF DEUTERIUM-TRITIUM MIXTURES WITH A SMALL-VOLUME IONIZATION-CHAMBER

Authors
MUNAKATA K BERNDT U KIRSTE E NISHIKAWA M PENZHORN RD
Citation
K. Munakata et al., EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL DETERMINATION OF DEUTERIUM-TRITIUM MIXTURES WITH A SMALL-VOLUME IONIZATION-CHAMBER, Fusion engineering and design, 39-4, 1998, pp. 937-948
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
Fusion engineering and design → ACNP
ISSN journal
09203796
Volume
39-4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
937 - 948
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-3796(1998)39-4:<937:EACDOD>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The pressure dependency of nearly equimolar deuterium-tritium mixtures also in the presence of the inert diluent helium on the signal of a s mall 4.6 cm(3) volume ionization chamber was investigated experimental ly and some of the results compared with theoretical calculations. The ion recombination factor that best fits the results was found to be 5 .9 x 10(-6) cm(3) ions(-1) s(-1), a value higher than previously repor ted in the literature. The performed modeling is considered to be of g eneral value for the design optimization of ionization chambers. (C) 1 998 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.