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Notes on Geiger Counters

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a spicy rock or boulder out on a trail your friend wearing a "5G protection" pendant which turns out to be a chunk of Thorium that posh restaurant which thought it'd be cool to serve food on Uranium glazed fiestaware the poorly maintained X-ray machine at the dentist right next door to the coffee shop in the strip mall Available Contenders Expand Generic HFS-P3 Price: $35 Class: Bottom of the barrel Type: GM Measurement range: 0.08 µSv to 50 mSv Detects: beta, gamma, X-rays Size: about that of a highlighter/marker Battery: claimed 50 hours / ~2 days, 400mAh internal cell Display: basic OLED Attachment: pocket clip Note: no clicks Purchase: Amazon Radiacode 102 Price: $250 Class: Hobbyist Type: Scintillator, Csl (Tl) Measurement range: 0.1 µSv to 1 mSv Detects: gamma, X-rays, 0.02 to 3 MeV Size: thin brick, 123l x 34w x 18h mm Battery: claimed 200 hours / ~8 days, 1000mAh internal cell Display: detailed OLED Attachment: loop (carabiner, lanyard), armband, belt clip Purchase: Direct, Amazon

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