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A Geiger counter is a particle detector that measures Ionizing radiation, and emissions from nuclear radiation. Many of the Geiger counters are hand held and can be read from a screen on the front.

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The geiger counter pumps electricity through a noble gas geiger tube with a metal wire in the middle. The wire picks up discharges from ionizing radiation.

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