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An air-filled GM counter as an educational tool and its use at senior high school

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  • 1. Chiba Prefectual Kamagaya-nishi High School, Kamagaya, Chiba (Japan)

Description

A Yano-Yonemura type air-filled Geiger-Meuller tube which operates at about 4 kV, having poor resolution but rather high sensitivity, and which is capable of detecting alpha-particles was fabricated. It was found suitable as an educational material for use for one of the 2-hours group experiments in Physics IB' course at senior high school of Japan. Detailed instruction for the fabrication is given, together with some results of the measurement of beta-rays from potassium and also alpha-rays from thorium. (S. Ohno)

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Proceedings of international symposium on radiation education (ISRE 98)

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Imprint Title
Proceedings of international symposium on radiation education (ISRE 98)
Imprint Pagination
434 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 369-376
Report number
JAERI-Conf--99-011

Conference

Title
International symposium on radiation education
Acronym
ISRE 98
Dates
11-14 Dec 1998
Place
Hayama, Kanagawa (Japan)

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