Ionization of tetramethylsilane by alpha particles

✍ Scribed by Raul C. Munoz; James B. Cumming; Richard A. Holroyd

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 458 KB
• Volume: 115
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(85)85174-5

✦ Synopsis

The yield of electrons formed on exposure of liquid tetramethy%lane to 5.48 MeV alpha particles has been measured as a fun&on of eh~tsic field. The number of electrons released per alpha was determined by puise height analysis using a charge sensitive detector_ The yieIds are low and increase with field. At 40 kV/cm the yield is 4100 electrons/alpha (C= 0.075 electrons/100 eV). The results are shown to be consistent withthe major source of electrons being delta rays.