Geiger counter

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02598
A @G02582@ in which gas amplification reaches @S05472@ and proportionality no longer exists. The output signal does not depend on the incident energy. The time taken for the counter to recover from the @S05472@ is called @D01529@.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1745. (Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-XI. Detection of radiation (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1754 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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