Geiger counter
radiation detector
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- Academia - Geiger-Muller counter
- University of California, Davis - Physics 122 - Geiger counter, statistics, and lifetime determination
- MIT OpenCourseWare - Build your own Geiger-Müller counter
- Stanford University - Department of Physics - The Geiger Counter
- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine - The Role of the Geiger Counter in a Medical Institution
- Live Science - Geiger counter: Design, facts and uses
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - What is a Geiger Counter?
Also known as: Geiger-Müller counter
Geiger counter, type of ionization chamber (q.v.) especially effective for counting individual particles of radiation.