Term Papers on The Geiger-Muller Tube

Term Paper Title	The Geiger-Muller Tube
# of Words	221
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	0.88

The Geiger-Muller Tube

     In the Geiger-Muller tube, particles ionize gas atoms.  The tube
contains a gas at low pressure.  At one end of the tube is a very thin ”window”
through which charged particles or gamma rays pass.  Inside the tube is a copper
cylinder with a negative charge.  A rigid wire with a positive charge runs down
the center of this cylinder.  The voltage across the wire and cylinder is kept
just below the point at which a spontaneous discharge, or spark, occurs.  When a
charged particle or gamma ray enters the tube , it ionizes a gas atom between
the copper cylinder and the wire.  The positive ion produced is accelerated
toward the copper cylinder by the potential d...

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