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Chamber Adapter User's Manual - English - Version 1.6A

RTI article number: 4700.000784

Chamber Adapter

Ion chamber adapter for Piranha

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Page 1: ...Chamber Adapter User s Manual English Version 1 6A RTI article number 4700 000784 Chamber Adapter Ion chamber adapter for Piranha...

Page 2: ...Chamber Adapter User s Manual 2019 10 14 1 6A...

Page 3: ...Chamber Adapter The Chamber Adapter makes it possible to use ion chambers with the Piranha and Cobia...

Page 4: ...f the product without prior permission from RTI Group AB RTI Electronics Inc 33 Jacksonville Road Building 1 Towaco NJ 07082 USA Phone 800 222 7537 Toll free Int 1 973 439 0242 Fax Int 1 973 439 0248...

Page 5: ...connect an ion chamber that is not intended for 300 V bias voltage to the Chamber Adapter The Chamber Adapter is only intended to be used with ion chambers that has a LEMO connector or with available...

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Page 7: ...Function and connection 2 12 Function of the Chamber Adapter 2 1 12 Connecting the Chamber Adapter 2 2 13 Non RTI ion chambers 2 3 13 Adding a new ion chamber 2 4 17 Application example 3 18 Measurin...

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Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction...

Page 10: ...d for other applications For the purposes of this documentation the expression electrometer refers to the electrometer of the Piranha or Cobia The Chamber Adapter makes it possible to choose between s...

Page 11: ...Chapter 2 Function and connection...

Page 12: ...apter has a rechargeable battery The Piranha power supply not the Cobia power supply can be used to charge the Chamber Adapter To charge the Chamber Adapter 1 Turn off and disconnect the Chamber Adapt...

Page 13: ...TNT Adapter Cable 9730099 01 Malco to Lemo Adapter Cable You cannot connect ion chambers with a BNC Banana connector 2 4 Adding a new ion chamber The calibration factor for the preferred ion chamber...

Page 14: ...BCA is the chamber adapter identification information This information is locked at the factory during manufacturing and cannot be changed If you click on a detector to the left the available calibrat...

Page 15: ...x 9 When you click OK to continue a new pop up window is shown where you can select the calibration details Select the calibration you want from the drop down list for our example we will choose Mo Mo...

Page 16: ...nformation into the device Do not interrupt the program before this process is completed 13 Quit the Detector Manager when the new data is stored in the device As soon as you start Ocean 2014 or the Q...

Page 17: ...Chapter 3 Application example...

Page 18: ...pear The detector types that are available with the Chamber Adapter are identified by the text PBCA Piranha Bias Chamber Adapter If you are running Ocean 2014 in Keyboard mode all of them are availabl...

Page 19: ...tor Manager see Adding a new ion chamber section your own name is shown here instead 6 Select the ion chamber you want to use and click OK 7 The measurement is activated and you can start to make expo...

Page 20: ...on the Chamber Adapter 4 Activate the measurement CT Dose for example 5 The detector selection will appear Your particular detector selection picture may be different than those shown in this manual...

Page 21: ...nal button There are two drop down menus shown in the next window The upper menu shows the available probe types and when selected the lower part shows the serial number of the probe that is selected...

Page 22: ...Chamber Adapter User s Manual 2019 10 14 1 6A Application example 22...

Page 23: ...Chapter 4 Specifications...

Page 24: ...e Ripple 15 mV Power source Rechargeable battery Battery life 10 hours Current range 10 pA to 0 1 A 2 or 1 pA exp time 10 ms Air kerma rate DCT10 0 8 mGycm s 8 Gycm s 5 or 0 08 mGycm s exp time 10 ms...

Page 25: ...Chapter 5 FAQ...

Page 26: ...ang if it gets a very high signal for example when connecting or disconnecting the chamber I get the wrong time when measuring short times The Chamber Adapter is not suitable for time measurements esp...

Page 27: ...Applications CT 10 Mammography 10 B Battery 12 24 Bias 12 BNT 13 C calibration factor 13 Chargeing 12 D Detector Manager 13 I Internal detector 20 Ion chamber 13 calibration factor 13 connect 12 L Le...