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.