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Record 1 2013-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Power Stations
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
DEF

A cloud chamber in which supersaturation of the vapour is produced by continuous diffusion of saturated vapour, this diffusion being due to a temperature difference between chamber walls.

OBS

scattering chamber: term and definition standardized by ISO in 1997.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales nucléaires
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
DEF

Chambre à nuage dans laquelle la sursaturation de la vapeur est obtenue par diffusion continue de la vapeur saturée, cette diffusion étant due à une différence de température entre les parois de la chambre.

OBS

chambre à diffusion : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO en 1997.

Spanish

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