Counter Tube (Noun)
Meaning
A measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The Geiger counter uses a counter-tube to detect and count individual ionizing events caused by radiation.
- A counter-tube is a type of gas-filled tube used in radiation detection instruments to measure the number of ionizing events.
- The counter-tube in the radiation detector is sensitive enough to count individual alpha particles emitted by the radioactive source.
- The counter-tube is typically filled with a noble gas, such as argon or helium, which ionizes when a radiation particle passes through it.
- The output of the counter-tube is connected to a scaler, which counts and displays the total number of ionizing events detected.