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GEIGER MULLER COUNTERTUBE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronics
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

In Geiger-Müller counter-tubes, the portion of the counting-rate-versus-voltage characteristic with constant irradiation, in which the counting rate is substantially independent of the applied voltage.

Key term(s)
  • Geiger Müller countertube
  • Geiger-Müller counter tube

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électronique
  • Physique radiologique et applications
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Dans les tubes-compteurs de Geiger-Müller, portion de la caractéristique donnant le taux de comptage en fonction de la tension, pour une irradiation constante, pour laquelle le taux de comptage varie relativement peu avec la tension appliquée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Electrónica
  • Física radiológica (Teoría y aplicación)
  • Física atómica
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