Any one know where I can buy a Geiger counter?

[narzy]

Any one know where I can buy a Geiger counter? I want to get one for a school assignment and it would just be COOL!

 

[amnesiac]

any scientific supply store should have one.
Just found one Here but it's a relic that needs a power supply.

 

[narzy]

ya I was hoping new cheap and handheld

 

[snakesnfrogs]

not cheap, but handheld


a kit

 

[Capn]

go to ebay, bunch there

 

[josphstalinator]

why do you want a geiger counter?

there are several different types of detectors for different types of particles and radiation, maybe a geiger counter isnt what you need.

 

[narzy]

we want to detect background radiation and radiation sources. what do you suggest?

 

[JohnnyKnoxville]

You may be shocked to find out that the trailer park where you reside was built on top of a nuclear dump site.

 

[Locutus of Board]

Here's one

Another

 

[Buddhist]

"we want to detect background radiation and radiation sources. what do you suggest?"

Gotta beware of those mini-nuclear reactors kids are building in the tool sheds these days with their hard saved money!
:Q
-M.T.O

 

[narzy]

you mean the reactor I have in my barn.

 

[josphstalinator]

we want to detect background radiation and radiation sources. what do you suggest?

if all you want to know is if something is radioactive then a geiger counter will be fine. but geiger counters are not good for detecting neutrons, and dont give any info about the energy of the incomming radiation. they also dont do a good job of discriminating between high pulse rates and moderate pulse rates.

you should look into proportional counters if you want more info about the radiation your collecting

 

[narzy]

thanks josphstalinator /me is complete idiot when it comes to this stuff, I know how a geiger counter works but thats about it oh and the rest of it on why and how things are raido active but when it comes to detection equipment spamk me and call me stupid

 

[ratkil]

"Gotta beware of those mini-nuclear reactors kids are building in the tool sheds these days with their hard saved money!"
Oh, you live near Killbat?

 

[FiDo14DiDo]

There's only one Geiger in the 76ers

 

[FiDo14DiDo]

There's only one Geiger in the 76ers

Edit: and he blows

 

[burnedout]

Check military surplus sites. Look for an AN/PDR-27. They work OK.

Make sure you get a couple of batteries with it.

When the Chernobyl reactors blew in 1986, we used one to detect the differences in background radiation when I was in Europe. We had finished calibrating two about a week before the report of the accident.

A week after the accident was reported, I ran the probe across the grass. It was quite a bit higher than what we had seen before.

 

[Buddhist]

"Oh, you live near Killbat?"

No, but rest assured, killbat frightens me with his expedient bacon frying.