HOW A GEIGER COUNTER WORKS
Mar 17, 2022
2 minutes
WORDS SCOTT DUTFIELD
Geiger counter, also known as the Geiger–Müller tube or G-M tube, is an inexpensive and useful instrument used to quickly detect and measure radiation. There are two types of radiation: non-ionising and ionising. Forms of non-ionising radiation, such as microwaves, have enough energy to shake atoms around, but not enough to knock electrons off
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