Tag: Nuclear

Something a bit dif­fer­ent than my usu­al test equip­ment and cal­cu­la­tor projects is this Picker Nuclear Compact Scaler built by Intertech.
Quite a few peo­ple may be won­der­ing. What is a “Scaler” and what is it used for?
A “Scaler” is a count­ing device that total­izes the events detect­ed over a peri­od of time. Typically used with a Geiger-Muller tube or scin­til­la­tion detec­tor for mea­sur­ing ion­iz­ing radi­a­tion. It is often referred to as a nuclear scaler.

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