How Does a Geiger Counter Work?
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This episode explains how Geiger counters work and their historical significance in radiation detection.
The Geiger counters we use to detect harmful radiation today are 100-year-old technology that works based on simple behaviors of electrons and ions. Learn about ionizing radiation and the invention of the Geiger-Müller counter (including why it clicks) in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/geiger-counter.htm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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