On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:50:00 GMT, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
wrote:


"Don Foreman" wrote in message
.. .
Anybody know how these work? Is there a solid-state replacement for
a GM tube that works on low voltage?

A special version of static RAM will do that. RAM is usually passivated and
also shielded by a glass layer that's supposed to suppress "cosmic ray" hits
that destroy the contents of cells. Without the shielding, the contents
will dump proportionally to the amount of radiation received.

I _don't_ know if any commercial devices are built on this principle,
though.

LLoyd

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Gunner



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