Geiger counter
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A Geiger counter is an electronic instrument for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation with the use of a Geiger–Müller tube. It is widely used in applications such as radiation dosimetry, radiolo
A "two-piece" bench-type Geiger–Müller counter using a cylindrical end-window detector connected to an electronics module with analogue readout
Geiger counter with pancake type probe
Laboratory use of a Geiger counter with end-window probe to measure beta radiation
A modern one-piece Geiger–Müller counter, including Geiger–Müller tube type 70 019 (at the top)
Hans Geiger
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Johannes "Hans" Wilhelm Geiger was a German experimental physicist. He is known as the inventor of the Geiger counter, a device used to detect ionizing radiation, and for carrying out the Rutherford s
Geiger counter
…measurement application concerned. This covers all radiation protection instrument technologies and includes a guide to the use of G-M detectors. In 1908 Hans Geiger, under the supervision of Ernest Rutherford at the Victoria University of Manchester (now the University of Manchester), developed an experimental…
Geiger in 1928