Why Do Geiger Counters Make That Clicking Sound?
You don't have to fight feral ghouls to be familiar with the clicking sound of a geiger counter, but what exactly makes these radiation detecting devices click? Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------...
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[ Intro] Say you’ve settled in for a day of gaming glory, and you’re busy cruising the radioactive wasteland of Fallout 4, when suddenly your speakers start emitting crackling, clicking noises. Gamers aren’t the only ones who will recognize that sound: it’s the characteristic noise of a Geiger counter detecting radiation. But it turns out that what you’re really hearing is the sound of rogue electrons. The Geiger counter was developed in 1908 by Hans Geiger and perfected 20 years later by his student Walther Müller. So the radiation detector inside it is called, surprise surprise, a Geiger-Müller or G-M tube. The tube is made of metal so it conducts electricity, and it's filled with a gas that’s normally inert, or nonreactive, lik...
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[ Intro] Say you’ve settled in for a day of gaming glory, and you’re busy cruising the radioactive wasteland of Fallout 4, when suddenly your speakers start emitting crackling, clicking noises. Gamers aren’t the only ones who will recognize that sound: it’s the characteristic noise of a Geiger counter detecting radiation. But it turns out that what you’re really hearing is the sound of rogue electrons. The Geiger counter was developed in 1908 by Hans Geiger and perfected 20 years later by his student Walther Müller. So the radiation detector inside it is called, surprise surprise, a Geiger-Müller or G-M tube. The tube is made of metal so it conducts electricity, and it's filled with a gas that’s normally inert, or nonreactive, lik...
