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Video recorded in 2007.

Although essentially a very simple device the Geiger Counter is an exquisitely sensitive detector of ionising radiation. It can detect a single particle. Here we demonstrate its use in detecting radiation from minerals and describe in simple terms how it works.


 

 

 


 
 

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