| Protons | Cylindrical chambers | Plane-parallel chambers | ||
| Component | Protons | 60Co + protons | Protons | 60Co + protons |
| sw,air | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| Wair/e | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| pQ (combined) | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| Total uncertainy in kQ,Qo | - | 1.7 | - | 2.1 |