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Ionization of Air by Alpha- and Beta-Rays as a Function of Pressure
Phys. Rev. 46, 405 – Published 1 September, 1934
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.46.405
Abstract
Measurements of ionization of air by alpha-particles from polonium and by beta-rays excited by gamma-rays, were made under usual laboratory conditions. The ionization by beta-rays increased at a decreasing rate with increase in pressure, in accordance with results obtained in previous investigations. The ionization by alpha-particles decreased with increasing pressure, at first rapidly, then more slowly until, at 80 atmospheres, the value was approximately 5 percent of that at atmospheric pressure.
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