{"id":5259,"date":"2012-07-08T06:02:41","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T11:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=5259"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:10:57","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:10:57","slug":"detecting-x-rays-with-the-mightyohm-geiger-counter-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/detecting-x-rays-with-the-mightyohm-geiger-counter-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Detecting X-Rays with the MightyOhm Geiger Counter Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yLSu_UjrcUA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/benkrasnow.blogspot.com\">Ben Krasnow<\/a> demonstrates that the <a href=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/geiger\">MightyOhm Geiger Counter kit<\/a> is <a href=\"http:\/\/benkrasnow.blogspot.com\/2012\/07\/creating-x-rays-with-standard-vacuum.html\">sensitive to X-rays<\/a>.  Thanks, Ben!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Krasnow demonstrates that the MightyOhm Geiger Counter kit is sensitive to X-rays. 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