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A new type of free-air ionization chamber is proposed in which electric-field uniformity plays no role in defining the ion-collecting volume. The chamber is based essentially upon a subtraction method in which two readings are taken of the ionization and the difference is used as a measure of exposure dose. The chamber is collapsible, its midplane being fixed with respect to the x-ray source. The ionization in the two equal air volumes on either side of the midplane of the chamber when in a collapsed condition and the ionization of the two volumes defined by the chamber in an expanded condition are related in such a way that their difference is just the ionization in the extra volume of air created in the middle of the chamber by the expansion of the chamber. It is evident that the end planes of this extra volume of air are not defined by electrostatic lines of force, as is the case for conventional chambers. Consequently, the new chamber has no need for guard plates or other field- shaping electrodes which are typical of conventional free-air chambers. Since the uncertainty about the degree of field uniformity represents the largest single source of error in conventional chambers, its elimination is a considerable advantage.
The Dosimetry of Ionizing Radiation, Volume II, attempts to fill the need for updated reference material on the field of radiation dosimetry. This book presents some broad topics in dosimetry and a variety of radiation dosimetry instrumentation and its application. The book opens with a chapter that extends and applies the concepts of microdosimetry to biological systems. This is followed by separate chapters on the state-of-the-art equipment and techniques used to determine neutron spectra; studies to determine recombination effects in ionization chambers exposed to high-intensity pulsed radiation; advances in water and polystyrene calorimetry; and beta-photon dosimetry for radiation protection. This book is clearly a valuable collection of work by outstanding authorities in their individual fields. It has an international flavor, with authors from England, Canada, and the United States. The quality of the work is equal to the best of what has been published in the past.