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Homework Statement
Detection of radiation by a Geiger-Muller counter depends on what?
a.
the emission of a photon from an excited atom
b.
the ability of an ionized gas to carry an electrical charge
c.
the detection of the sound made by decay particles
d.
the ability of a photomultiplier tube to amplify the electrical signal from a phosphor
e.
the emission of a photon of light by the radioactive particle
I think it is b, but the wording is what throws me off.