Tube: SBM-20M Small Geiger Muller
Pictures: Details: Compact Geiger Muller tube, the SBM-20M shows an excellent sensitivity for its small size. It was designed for hard beta and gamma radiation, and the particular tubes in…
Tube: SBT-9 End Window Geiger tube
Pictures: This is a rare Geiger Muller tube with a mica end window that allows it to detect alpha, beta and gamma radiation. It is a good substitute for the…
Tube: LND-712 End Window Alpha-Beta-Gamma Detector
Pictures: An excellent miniature mica window Geiger tube, suitable for detecting Alpha, Beta and Gamma radiation. As of 2015, it was selected for the uRADMonitor D series of radiation detectors.…
Tube: SBM-21 (СБМ-21) Miniature Geiger Muller
The SBM-21 Geiger tube offers relatively good sensitivity especially when compared to its ultra compact size.
Tube: STS-5 (СTC-5) Geiger tube
The STS-5 is a geiger tube for hard beta and gamma detection, manufactured in USSR in the 60's, similar in specs to the newer SBM-20.
Tube: SI-3BG (CИ-3БГ) Small Geiger Muller
SI-3BG Geiger tube is suitable for detecting high radiation doses, but finds little use in DIY applications.
Tube: SI-22G (CИ-22Г) Sensitive Geiger Muller
Pictures: Details: The SI-22G is a highly sensitive hard beta and gamma radiation detector tube, made in USSR during the 80's for the Soviet Military Needs by the Soviet Institute…
Tube: SI-29BG (CИ-29БГ) Sensitive Small Geiger Muller
The SI-29BG comes with a good size / sensitivity ratio. These tubes are suitable for detecting beta and gamma radiation.
Tube: SI-12B (CИ-12Б) Mini Pancake Geiger Muller
The SI12B is a mica window compact Geiger tube, designed for measurement of alpha and soft beta-radiation.
Tube: SBM-20 (СБМ-20) Geiger tube
Medium size sensitive Geiger tube for hard beta and gamma radiation.
Tube: VA-Z431 Geiger tube
VA-Z431 test tube shaped geiger muller tube for liquids.
Tube: 258-B Amperex rectifier
The Amperex 258-B is a half-wave Mercury-Vapor rectifier tube used in power supplies.
Tube: GP-5 (ГП-5)
The Svetlana GP-5 (ГП-5) is a glass-envelope beam power triode intended for use as a shunt regulator or pulse modulator in high-voltage systems.
Tube: 1B40
External Cavity tube, 1KW at 1075 to 1096MHz.
Tube: USN-5J29
5J29 is a split anode magnetron. This device is water cooled, the water flowing round the metal loop.
Top 10 Radioactive Electronic Tubes
Some of these tubes contain small quantities of Cesium-137, Cobalt-60, Radium-226, Krypton-85. The radioactive elements have been added to increase the electronic response by improving the internal ionization processes.
DIY/Homemade Geiger Muller Digital Counter V3
A story of making a DIY Digital Geiger counter circuit, that can be used with several tubes. Add an enc28j60 Ethernet module and use the data to create graphs available online!
Tube: G21-H Geiger Muller
A Geiger Muller tube for Gamma radiation.
Tube: UX-6653
A TR Switch tube used in Radar technology, manufactured by Raytheon.
Tube: EMI9524
A sensitive photomultiplier tube, used in scintillation detectors.
Tube: ZV1009
A klystron capable of up to 6000MHz
Tube: IVL1-8/13 (ИВЛ1-8/13)
The device consists of a hot cathode (filaments), anodes (phosphor) and grids encased in a glass envelope under a high vacuum condition. The cathode is made up of fine tungsten wires, coated by alkaline earth metal oxides, which emit electrons when heated by an electric current.
Tube: SBT-10A (CБT-10A)
SBT-10A, a rare geiger muller tube for professional equipment.
Tube: MR-04
MR-04 is a ionization tube.
Tube: VA-Z320
VA-Z320 mica window geiger muller tube
Tube: MCT-17 /SI-3B (си-3Б)
MCT-17 Mica Window Geiger Muller Tube
Tube: SBM-19 (СБМ-19 ) Sensitive Geiger Muller
SBM-19 Geiger Muller Tube
Tube: TGI2 400/16 (ТГИ2-400/16), Russian hydrogen thyratron
A hydrogen thyratron is a device capable of switching big amounts of energy. The major advantage over other thyratrons is that the deionization time is reduced by using the hydrogen gas, generated in a small reservoir inside the tube, from a metallic Hydride.
Thyratrons
An article on Thyratrons and a film showing three energized tubes : the 714, the 309/FG17 and the ELC1B.
Tube: EM-11 (6U5G) Magic Eye tube (tunning tube)
EM-11 is a magic eye tube, used in old radios for tunning. See some schematics on how to use this tube, for some green, fluorescent effects!