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It depends on the usage.
A proportional counter operates in the linear region, meaning that the amplitude of the pulse is proportional to the energy of the captured ionizing event. Integrating the pulses yields an estimate of the total energy in the field, which is related to dose rate.
A geiger counter, on the other hand, operates in the avalanch region, which means that every ionizing event yields the same amplitude pulse. You lose the ability to estimate dose rate, but you gain sensitivity. The advantage is the ability to quantify, though not qualify, contamination levels.
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The count rate observed by a Geiger counter is proportional to activity, not to half-life.
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What is a machine that rhymes with tiger?
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Is a geiger counter better than a bubble chamber?
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Why gm counter is a counter not a detector?
A GM counter is a counter, and not a detector, because it counts ionizing events, rather than quantifying the amount and energy of those events. It has to do with avalanche mode (GM counter) versus linear or proportional mode (ionization detector). The electric potential (higher than that in an ionization detector) between the anode and cathode of the GM counter is such that any ionizing event causes an avalanche of electrons that are counted as one pulse. Since the avalanche occured, the pulse represents only the event, and not its energy. In a linear or proportional detector (counter), however, avalanche does not occur, so the pulse represents the event, and the pulse's energy is proportional to the energy of the event. In effect, the average current through the ionization detector is proportional to the radiation field strength, in units that are meaningful in terms of dose rate. This makes the ionization detector more useful when measuring the relative radiation field, while the higher gain of the GM counter is more useful when simply detecting the presence of radioactivity. The ionization detector is less sensitive than the GM counter, but it is more qualitative.
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