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Geiger Counter 1 µS/h

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TimoSchmied

July 3rd, 2022

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Sound effects > Objects / House appliances
Geiger Counter

This is an edit of a recording of a real Geiger-Müller-counter, detecting normal background radiation. The reading of the Geiger-Müller-Counter was averaging at around 0,13 µS/hour (read: "micro-sieverts per hour"). The recording was then cut into eight equal-length parts and overlayed with itself, to create the sound the Geiger-Müller-counter would produce when reading 1 µS/h. This reading would still not be dangerous but concerning.

The recording was taken with two small-diaphragm condenser microphones in XY-configuration. The recorded signal was processed with a noise gate, to eliminate background hiss. No further processing was applied.

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background-radiation
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gamma
geiger
geiger-counter
geiger-muller-counter
instrument
nuclear
nuclear-power-plant
physics
power-plant
radiation
x-ray

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Wave (.wav)

Duration

0:48.000

File size

8.1 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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