3B Scientific Geiger-Muller Tube T User Manual

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3B Scientific Geiger-Muller Tube T User Manual

3B SCIENTIFIC® PHYSICS

Geiger-Muller Tube 1000661

Instruction sheet

10/12 ALF

1. Safety instructions

The window is fragile and can easily be damaged. This will make the end-window counter inoperable.

Do not touch the window.

The G-M tube can be damaged by selfmaintained gas discharges, if operated at too high a voltage.

Do not exceed the operating voltage of 500 V in a sustained manner.

2. Description

The Geiger-Muller tube is a self-quenching Halogen -trigger counter tube for registering and X radiation.

The G-M tube comprises a counter tube with a

1Window

2Holder

3Patch cord

4BNC connector

very thin mica window and a removeable holder for mounting on the swivel arm of the X-ray apparatus (1000657 or 1000660) and a plated spring clip for alternative mounting. A BNCterminated coaxial cable connects the output of the G-M tube to a counter.

2. Technical data

Dose rate range:

10-3 to 102 mGy/h

Mass of the active

 

surface (mica):

2.0 to 3.0 mg/cm²

Operating voltage:

500 V

Output connector:

BNC

Cable length:

1 m

Dimensions:

57 x 22 mm diam.

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