A Geiger counter (/ˈɡaɪɡər/, GY-gər; also known as a Geiger–Müller counter or G-M counter) is an electronic instrument used for detecting and measuring...
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The Geiger–Müller tube or G–M tube is the sensing element of the Geiger counter instrument used for the detection of ionizing radiation. It is named after...
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component of the Geiger counter and for the Geiger–Marsden experiment which discovered the atomic nucleus. He also carried the Bothe–Geiger coincidence experiment...
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Geiger counter is a colloquial name for any hand-held radiation measuring device in civil defense, but most civil defense devices were ion-chamber radiological...
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are placed in a sealed box. If an internal radiation monitor (e.g. a Geiger counter) detects radioactivity (i.e. a single atom decaying), the flask is shattered...
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Geiger Counter is the debut album of Liar, Flower, a musical project formed by English singer-songwriter KatieJane Garside and American guitarist Chris...
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up to the value of two or more photopeaks added Gamma spectroscopy Geiger counter Liquid scintillation counting Lucas cell Pandemonium effect Photon counting...
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Explorer 2 (section Geiger counter)
equipped with a Geiger counter for the purposes of detecting cosmic rays. After Explorer 3, it was decided that the original Geiger counter had been overwhelmed...
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meets Wolf at his home and discovers that his house sets off Foster's Geiger counter. Foster attempts to integrate himself into a possible plot by offering...
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Bavaria, Germany Geiger counter, a device for detecting radiation Geiger tree (Cordia sebestena), a species of flowering plant Geiger, an Image Comics...
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movie Thunderball, Bond is given a Breitling Top Time, which contains a geiger counter, enabling Bond to track down two stolen nuclear warheads. After the...
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measurement of X-ray radiation dose. A proportional counter uses a combination of the mechanisms of a Geiger–Müller tube and an ionization chamber, and operates...
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movie Thunderball: Bond is given a Breitling Top Time which contains a geiger counter to track down two stolen nuclear warheads. After the movie was filmed...
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poison, radioactive material, and a Geiger counter. The apparatus is configured so that when the Geiger counter detects radioactive decay, the flask...
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Rutherford scattering experiments (redirect from Geiger Marsden experiment)
that could be counted. It was an early version of the Geiger counter.: 261 The counter that Geiger and Rutherford built proved unreliable because the alpha...
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Dosimeter (section Geiger tube dosimeter)
Comparison of dosimeters Geiger counter Ionisation chamber Operational instruments of the Royal Observer Corps Scintillation counter "Archived copy" (PDF)...
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instrument can easily measure dose but cannot measure counts. However the Geiger counter can measure counts but not the energy of the radiation, so a technique...
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Kleinempfänger' radio. The overture instrumental piece "Geiger Counter" used Geiger counter beats based on musique concrète. The album featured use of...
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ionization detectors are 1) ionization chambers, 2) proportional counters, and 3) Geiger–Müller tubes All of these have the same basic design of two electrodes...
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Wire chamber (redirect from Wire proportional counter)
voltage, with the metal casing being on ground potential. As in the Geiger counter, a particle leaves a trace of ions and electrons, which drift toward...
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elected to study beta radiation under Hans Geiger in Berlin. Using Geiger's recently developed Geiger counter, Chadwick was able to demonstrate that beta...
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The CD V-700 (often written as "CDV-700") is a Geiger counter employing a probe equipped with a Geiger–Müller tube, manufactured by several companies...
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SPECTRE (redirect from Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion)
officer. "Number 17" – Finds Domino scanning the Disco Volante with a Geiger counter in search of the stolen atomic bombs; reports her to Largo, who takes...
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marks", "squashed bushes", and circular indentations in the dirt. A geiger counter alleged reported high radiation counts around the exhaust marks and...
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the more obscure, such as firearms dealer "Crazy Lou" and "Exotron Geiger Counter One Gamma Plus Sequencer," as he introduced himself in an appearance...
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musical project called Liar, Flower, under which they released the album Geiger Counter in April 2020. Garside discusses this album at length in a career spanning...
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invisible and not directly detectable by human senses, instruments such as Geiger counters are usually required to detect its presence. In some cases, it may...
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Counting efficiency (section Scintillation counters)
even the most efficient scintillation cocktails. Proportional counters and end-window Geiger-Muller tubes have a very high efficiency for all ionising particles...
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description of a coincidence experiment with tubular discharge counters that Hans Geiger and Walther Müller had invented in 1928. The Bothe-Kohlhörster...
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to Emma's apartment. Craven searches Emma's apartment, and finds a Geiger counter. He discovers the lock of Emma's hair is radioactive. Craven visits...
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