Ions for neutralizing electrostatic charge on an object are generated and delivered in a stream of gas flowing through a dielectric channel that surrounds a loop of conductive filament which forms an ionizing electrode. The loop is formed within a single plane, or within multiple planes, and is supported within the channel with a plane of the loop substantially aligned with flow of gas through the channel. A region of minimum field intensity within the bounded region of the loop electrode is ori...

A water phantom is described, having a detector that is positionable in a container filled with water for measuring an ionizing radiation. The water phantom has at least one sensor for ascertaining an orientation of a positioning device, relative to a water surface. The orientation determination is based either on distances relative to the water surface that are measured by spacing sensors or, on inclinations, each measured by a gravity-sensitive inclination sensor.

To form a film by ionized sputtering with good bottom coverage for holes with a high aspect ratio, and to simplify the structure inside and out of the sputter chamber, a target 2 is provided inside a sputter chamber 1 equipped with an exhaust system 11 and is sputtered by a sputtering power source 3. The released sputter particles are made to arrive at a substrate 50 to form a film. The sputtering power source 3 sends electric power of at least 5 W/cm.sup.2 to a target 2, and the sputter particl...

A detection material for ionizing radiation. The material is solid at room temperature but meltable to a fluid at a temperature of about 100.degree. C. One essential component in said detection material is a low molecular weight aromatic polymer, preferably a thermoplastic resin that contains low molecular weight polymer molecules of styrene and/or styrene derivatives. The detection material optionally contains a hot melt polymer and a wax-like substance, such as paraffin.

The present invention relates to an improvement of an ionizing smoke sensor having one radiation source and a two chambered structure consisting of an internal ionization chamber housing an internal electrode having a radiation source and defined by an intermediate electrode, and an external chamber where smoke can flow in, defined by an external electrode and irradiated from the radiation source through an opening in the intermediate electrode. Hitherto, in an ionizing smoke sensor having one r...

A process for the production, on a substrate, of coatings with improved adhesion, mechanical properties and corrosion resistance wherein a mixture which contains, as the components forming the binder, a mixture of olefinically unsaturated organic compounds is first applied by a conventional method to the substrate to be coated and then cured with ionizing radiation and wherein the binder is a mixture of the following components: A. from 50 to 98 percent by weight of at least one copolymerizable ...

Device for ionizing a material, comprising a tube open at its two ends, and wherein first end of the tube is heated to a temperature permitting the ionization of the material, the second end of the tube being kept at a relatively low temperature, so as to produce a temperature gradient between the ends of the tube and wherein the material is introduced into the tube by the second end thereof, whereat the ionization of the material is also checked.

The invention provides a device for measuring ionizing radiations, comprising a Geiger-Muller tube (1) whose high supply voltage is obtained from pulses which are emitted (by 6,7) at a constant relatively low frequency as long as a predetermined threshold is not exceeded by the intensity of the radiation and (by 6,7,4 and 32) at an increasing frequency depending on the output of the tube, after said threshold has been exceeded. Thus, alarm dosimeters having very long independent operation may be...

An air ionizing drying includes an elongated housing that has an interior, an inlet opening, and an elongated outlet opening. A microcontroller is positioned in the interior of the housing. A control panel is coupled to the housing and operationally coupled to the microcontroller. An intake conduit is positioned in the housing and extends from the intake opening. A heating assembly is positioned in the interior of the housing for receiving air passing through the intake conduit. The heating asse...

The present invention describes an apparatus for detection of ionizing radiation, wherein the incident radiation ionizes a substance, and the electrons released as a result thereof are accelerated in a dual parallel plate electrode arrangement. These electrons will interact with a scintillating substance to emit light, which is detected by a position sensitive light detector. Since the light is emitted isotropically in such scintillator measures are taken to achieve a good spatial resolution. Th...