Geiger-Muller counter
It was in the school I read about the Geiger-Muller counter in our nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry subjects. Since then I heard a little about its extensive use. But after the recent devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the use of Geiger-Muller counter increased tremendously as the disaster caused serious damage to some of the nuclear power plants.
Geiger-Muller counter has now become a common device in Japan to measure nuclear radiation level among the school children and the people residing around the damaged nuclear power plant and in other parts of Japan. As reported in the press, the manufacturers of Geiger-Muller counter are running out of stock due to high demand for the device.
This device was developed by Geiger and Muller in Germany in 1928. Various types of Geiger counters are widely used to detect and to measure ionizing radiation.
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