vacuum-tube electrometer
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…more sensitive device is the vacuum-tube electrometer, a direct-current amplifier capable of measuring currents as minute as 10-15 amperes (about 10,000 electrons per second). This instrument, however, is subject to drift. A newer version of this type of electrometer replaces the electron tube with a matched pair of junction field-effect…
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