scholarly journals The Dependence of Measured Drift Velocity on Shutter Open Time in the Four Gauze Time-of-Flight Method

1986 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 225 ◽  
Author(s):  
OM Williams ◽  
MT Elford

Measurements of ion transit time by the four gauze time-of-f1ight method have been shown previously to have a small dependence on the shutter open time. This effect has been investigated for the case of Kr + ions in Kr and found to be due to the combined effects of diffusion and the injection of asymmetric ion pulses into the drift space. The cause of the asymmetry and procedures for checking for the presence of an error from this source are discussed. It is estimated that the error incurred can be reduced to within the experimental scatter of the measured mobility; that is, to less than �0�15%.

1973 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 771 ◽  
Author(s):  
RW Crompton ◽  
MT Elford

The drift velocity of electrons in oxygen at 293 K has been measured over the range 0.8 ≤ E/N ≤ 12 Td by the Bradbury–Nielsen time-of-flight method. The factors governing the range over which measurements can be made are discussed and it is shown that long drift tubes should be used for drift velocity measurements in oxygen at low values of E/N. A 50 cm drift tube is described. The error in the present results is estimated to be less than 1 % for 1.8 E/N E/N > 6 Td and at 1.5 Td, 5 % at 1 Td, and 10 % at 0.8 Td. The present data are in good agreement with those of Fleming et al. (1972) and Nelson and Davis (1972) over the E/N range where the sets of data overlap.


1980 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 239
Author(s):  
MT Elford

The drift velocity of electrons in mercury vapour at 573 K has been measured using the Bradbury-Nielsen time-of-flight method at vapour number densities ranging from 3�40x 1017 to 1�83x1018 cm-3 and at E/Nvalues from 0�1 to 3�0 Td. The measured drift velocities increase linearly with mercury vapour number density, the magnitude of the dependence being a function of E/ N. This number density dependence has been attributed to the presence of mercury dimers and the drift velocity corresponding to dimer-free mercury vapour has been obtained by extrapolation. Sources-of error are examined and the present results are compared with those of previous workers.


1973 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 685
Author(s):  
MT Elford ◽  
AG Robertson

Experiments to test the influence of end effects on electron drift velocity measurements by the Bradbury-Nielsen time-of-flight method are described. A comparison of data taken at drift distances of 5, 10, and 50 cm in hydrogen and 5 and 10 cm in helium shows that over the EIN and pressure ranges investigated the results are independent of drift distance and that it is justifiable to consider this distance as that between the mid planes of the grids which terminate the drift chamber.


Author(s):  
Kengo Itoh ◽  
Takashi Yamazaki ◽  
Kiyoshi Takamoto ◽  
Ryoichi Hanaoka ◽  
Yuta Katagiri ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 611-616
Author(s):  
A. D. Melnikov ◽  
R. A. Usmanov ◽  
R. Kh. Amirov ◽  
N. N. Antonov ◽  
A. V. Gavrikov ◽  
...  

1971 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 543-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kumasaburo Kodera ◽  
Isao Kusunoki ◽  
Kunihiko Horinouchi ◽  
Kimio Isa ◽  
Masahiro Yoshihara

2021 ◽  
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Tomoya Niki ◽  
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