Remarks on the Efficiencies of Geiger, Proportional, and Cintillation Counters with Application to the Absolute Intensity of Characteristic X-Radiation

Abstract

The measurements of the absolute intensities of Ou Ka radiation, isolated by means of balanced nickel and iron filters,. necessitated the determination of the quantum counting efficiency of three types of detectors: an end· window argon-filled Geiger counter, a two side-window, xenon-filled proportional counter, and a scintillation counter with NaITI crystal. It is shown that, provided the necessary corrections are made, results of absolute intensity measurements obtained with these three detectors show good agreement.