American National Standard and IEEE Standard Test Procedure for Geiger-Müller Counters

This publication presents standard test procedures for Geiger-Müller counter radiation detectors. These detectors, originally announced by Geiger and Müller in 1928, represented a major step forward in the detection and counting of individual radioactive events. Standard test procedures are desirable so that measurements may have the same meaning to all manufacturers and users. This Standard is not intended to imply that all tests described herein are mandatory, but only that such tests as are carried out on Geiger-Müller counters should be performed in accordance with the procedures given herein.