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I am using an obsolete Philips 18504 or ZP1400 (one tube has 2 names, really strange, but it is what it is...) So here is a picture from the datasheet. ,,A GM tube may only detect 1% of the gamma rays that go through it depending on the energy and construction, and making the metal shell...

And what about neutrons? A popular explanation is that the neutrons only have mass with no charge, so they can not ionize the gas inside a GM tube, but gamma photons also do not have a charge, however, gamma rays are detected... And the last thing. GM counter datasheets often provide ,,maximum...

Hi, I am an undergraduate electronics engineer building a GM counter for my final assessment. I read a lot of theory about GM counters as well as the nuclear physics theories in general, but there is one thing I can not find an answer to. Why do none of the GM counters detect alpha particles? I...