FLEXIBLE GEIGER COUNTER
Patent
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OSTI ID:4688371
A flexible Geiger counter constructed from materials composed of vinyl chloride polymerized with plasticizers or co-polymers is presented. The counter can be made either by attaching short segments of corrugated plastic sleeving together, or by starting with a length of vacuum cleaner hose composed of the above materials. The anode is maintained substantially axial Within the sleeving or hose during tube flexing by means of polystyrene spacer disks or an easily assembled polyethylene flexible cage assembly. The cathode is a wire spiraled on the outside of the counter. The sleeving or hose is fitted with glass end-pieces or any other good insulator to maintain the anode wire taut and to admit a counting gas mixture into the counter. Having the cathode wire on the outside of the counter substantially eliminates the objectional sheath effect of prior counters and permits counting rates up to 300,000 counts per minute. (AEC)
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-17-041316
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Patent Number(s):
- US 3110835
- OSTI ID:
- 4688371
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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