Electroscope Ionization Chamber

The gold-leaf electroscope has been hugely used in the past to study ionizing radiation.

 DESCRIBE the operation of an electroscope ionization chamber.

The gold-leaf electroscope has been hugely used in the past to study ionizing radiation. The one measurement of the properties of ionizing radiation was accomplished along with this instrument.  A microscope holding a graduated scale within the eyepiece is used to observe the gold leaf.