Geiger Counter, sample collection, "Prospecting for Uranium" booklet.
Sample collection

 

Code Number: 7D10.11

Demo Title: Reference Collection of Uranium and Thorium Minerals

Condition: Excellent

Principle: Natural and Artificial Radioactive Sources

Area of Study: Modern Physics

Equipment: 

Geiger Counter, sample collection, "Prospecting for Uranium" booklet.

Procedure:

There is an accompanying booklet and information.  Provided by generous donation from David Berman.

Test each of the samples in the collection with the Geiger Counter. 

References:

  • M. P. Fewell, "Specific Activities of the Elements", AJP, Vol. 62, #11, Nov. 1994, p. 1043.
  • "Prospecting for Uranium", Published by the United States Atomic Energy Commission and the United States Geological Survey, Revised October 1951.