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Publication Date: 2014-Mar
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An Investigation into the Nature of High Altitude Cosmic Radiation in the Stratosphere
Bancroft, Samuel; Bancroft, Ben; Greenwood, Jake
Physics Education, v49 n2 p164-170 Mar 2014
An experiment was carried out to investigate the changes in ionizing cosmic radiation as a function of altitude. This was carried out using a Geiger-Müller tube on-board a high altitude balloon, which rose to an altitude of 31 685 m. The gathered data show that the Geiger-Müller tube count readings increased to a maximum at an altitude of about 24 000 m; beyond this point they then decreased with increasing altitude
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Radiation, Measurement Techniques, Energy, Science Experiments, Laboratory Equipment, Scientific Principles
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