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GEIGER COUNTING [2 records]

Record 1 2016-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Radiation Protection
OBS

Electronic pocket dosimeter.... Small, light-weight portable radiation measurement apparatus provides accurate quantitative measurement of radiation dosage and dosage rates. Such apparatus, referred to as a dosimeter, is housed in a ruggedized housing that is only about 1/2 the volume of a package of cigarettes, may easily be clipped to clothing or carried in a shirt pocket, and is powered by a conventional alkaline AA-sized battery. Included in the housing are a geiger tube for detecting radiation, a high voltage power supply for providing power to the geiger tube, a counting circuit for counting geiger pulses generated by the geiger tube, a microprocessor circuit for processing the geiger pulses in accordance with a prescribed program to determine the dose or dosage rate to which the geiger tube has been exposed, and a digital display that displays the dosage rates thus determined.

OBS

alarm pocket dosimeter; APD: term and abbreviation extracted from the “Glossaire de l’énergie nucléaire” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Radioprotection
OBS

dosimètre de poche à alarme : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’énergie nucléaire» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
CONT

Chromatographic applications... using Geiger counting and scintillation systems have also been reported.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique

Spanish

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