Counter Geiger-Muller

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Urinary excretion of radioactivity was measured in human volunteers during and after a 3.5-hour period of dermal exposure to 0.11 or 0.22 g 32P-labeled TOCP (Hodge and Sterner 1943). The specific activity of the test substance was not reported. Radioactivity in urine was measured with a Geiger-Muller counter, but the limits of detection were not reported. Maximum estimated excretion rates, 10 and 43 pg TOCP/hour for the respective dosage levels, were measured within 24 hours of initiation of exposure. Radioactivity was not detected 48 or 72 hours after dosing ceased. Cumulative radioactivity detected in urine accounted for 0.13% and 0.36% of the dermally applied radioactivity. 

Gas Ionization Counters A common gas ionization counter is the Geiger-Muller counter where the electronic pulses derived from the ionization process are registered as counts. The instrument can be adjusted to detect only radiation with a desired penetrating power. 

A locally resolved detection of radioactive samples after chromatographic separation can be performed by imaging techniques which work either indirectly with Eu3+- or P-doped sensor plates and laser activated emission or directly by a micro channel array detector which works like an open Geiger-Muller counter. 

Use a Geiger-Muller counter (and periodically use paper discs to swipe surfaces for scintillation counting) to determine the radioisotope as well as the sites and amounts of contaminating radioactivity. 

The emission from the radioisotopes is often insufficient to penetrate the window of a Geiger-Muller counter. Therefore, the compound whose activity is to be measured is often mixed in solution with a scintillator, called a fluor, which transforms / rays into luminescence proportional to the number of /3 particles emitted. The sample is dissolved in a solvent (toluene, xylene or dioxane, the latter being used for water-soluble compounds) that acts as a relay to transfer the energy to the scintillator. The scintillation mixture contains PPO (2,5-diphenyloxazole), which emits in the UV and POPOP, which emits in the visible and is well adapted to detection with photomultiplier tubes (Fig. 17.2). The quantum yield of emission will depend on the energy of the emitted particles. 

In order to check the radioactivity of a rock, a Geiger-Muller counter is used. 

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A schematic representation of a Geiger-Muller counter. The high-energy radioactive particle enters the window and ionizes argon atoms along its path. The resulting ions and electrons produce a momentary current pulse, which is amplified and counted. 

When using a Geiger-Muller counter to measure radioactivity, one must maintain the same geometrical orientation between the sample and the Geiger-Muller tube to compare different measurements. Why ... 

Various types of Geiger-Muller counters are shown in Fig. 7.12. The end-window counter equipped with mica windows of about 1.5 to 3 mg/cm is a very simple... 

Figure 7.12. Various types of Geiger-Muller counters.

Solid samples containing high-energy p emitters can be measured with end-window Geiger-Muller counters, whereas proportional counters are suitable for the measurement of a and p emitters. Self-absorption of a and p rays in solid samples may play an important role and requires special attention in the case of a and low-energy p radiation. Very thin and homogeneous layers can be obtained by electrolytic or vapour deposition of the radionuclides to be measured or by solvent extraction and subsequent evaporation of the solvent. 

Kind of radiation Ionization chambers Proportional counters Geiger-Muller counters Scintillation detectors Semiconductor detectors... 

Finally, the influence of the dead time D in eq. (7.3)) has to be taken into account, particularly if the dead time of the detector is high (as in the case of Geiger Muller counters) and if the counting rates of the sample and the calibration source are markedly different. 

Geiger-Muller counter. If a very high electric potential is applied across the electrodes of a gas-filled detector, the gas amplification achieves a maximum value ... 

Method (1) from ionization chamber measurements. Method (2) from Geiger-MUller counter measurements. 

X-ray Diffraction by Polycrystalline Materials Geiger-Muller counters... 

This last type of gas detector is currently the most used in X-ray diffraction. It has several advantages compared to the Geiger-Muller counter ... 

Example 8.1 A typical Geiger-Muller counter is a cylindrical detector with an aperture 50 mm in diameter. What is the solid angle if a point isotropic source is located 0.10 m away from the detector ... 

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