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Noun: boron chamber
  1. An ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons
    "Scientists used a boron chamber to measure neutron flux in the reactor"

Derived forms: boron chambers

Type of: ionisation chamber [Brit], ionisation tube [Brit], ionization chamber, ionization tube

Part of: boron counter tube