ion chamber response to alpha particles?

["Archer, Joe" <archerj@wipp.carlsbad.nm.us>]

Does anyone have information on energy resolutions of ion chambers for
alpha and beta radiation? Better yet, does anyone have an ion chamber
they can hook up to an oscilloscope? I am trying to find out how an open
air ion chamber might work in a high radon background or what kind of
signal would be produced if alpha contamination were to collect on the
outer wall of a chamber. Specifically, I wonder if there would be any
ability to resolve pulses from different energy alpha particles.
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