Results :

Table for Geiger Plateau

Run number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26

Voltage (V)
700
720
740
760
780
800
820
840
860
880
900
920
940
960
980
1000
1020
1040
1060
1080
1100
1120
1140
1160
1180
1200

Counts
1613
1711
1842
1954
2066
2286
2514
4769
6177
9547
2538
2647
2872
2775
2602
2998
3142
6159
10246
19907
27698
24852
21095
15220
13945
15401

Graph of counts against voltage

30000

25000

20000

Counts

15000

10000

5000

0
600

700

800

900

1000

Voltage (V)

Operating voltage

= (V1 + V2) 2
= (2538 + 3142) 2
= 2 840 V

where :
V1 is the voltage at the low end of plateau
V2 is the voltage at the high end of plateau

1100

1200

1300

Experiment 2.2
Post-Lab Questions
1. Is there any way to eliminate background radiation?
There is no way to eliminate background radiation because background radiation
comes from many things. But, background radiation can be minimized by using a
shielding according to the types of background radiation existed.
2. What is your prediction for the number of background radiation counts that your body
would receive a day? How many counts per year?
Prediction for the number of background radiation counts that body would receive a
day is 0.005 mSv (millisievert). Background number receive per year is 1.5-3.5 mSv.
3. Are all the background measurements exactly the same number of counts? Is there a
systematic cause for this?
Not all background measurements have exactly the same number of counts. There is
no systematic cause for this because the number of counts can be affected by the types
and amounts of material and also the environment.

Results:
Data Sheet for Background Radiation Detection
Tube number : N210/BNC
Run duration : 5 minutes

Without samples
Run number
1
2
3
Background count

Elapsed counts
253
222
283
: 252.6667

With samples
Run number
1
2
3
Average

Elapsed counts
23 644
23 589
23 630
23 621

Corrected counts
23 391.33
23 336.33
23 377.33
23 548.33