Can you make a geiger counter out of a can,human hair,....????

Answer 1

I'm going to say no.

A geiger counter works by detecting the increases in electrical current that passes through a gas that happen when said gas is ionized by radiation passing through it.

Answer 2

YES! Take a look how! Looking at the length of the document I cite (http://www.oism.org/nwss/s73p938.htm) using a coke can and strand of hair for a geiger counter is a bit more complex than it sounds. Here is a list of THE OTHER MATERIALS that are needed that you could probably find in any lived in house. Go to the cited source for how to put these materials together to make an effective geiger counter:
For the KFM:
1. Any type metal can.
2. Standard aluminum foil - 2 square feet.
3. Doorbell-wire, or other light insulated wire (preferably, but not necessarily) a single-strand wire inside the insulation -- 6 inches.
4. HAIR Any type of clean, fine thread that has not been anti-static treated will serve to suspend a KFM's leaves. LIKE HAIR!
5. A piece of clear plastic film - a 6 x 6 inch square.
6. Cloth duct tape ("silver tape"), or masking tape, or freezer tape, or Scotch-type tape -about 10 square inches.
7. Band-Aid tape, or masking tape, or freezer tape, or Scotch transparent tape, or other thin and very flexible tapes -- about 2 square inches.
8. Gypsum wallboard (sheetrock) -- about 1/2 square foot, best about 1/2 inch thick, for a good homemade drying agent.
9. Glue -- not essential, but useful to replace Band-Aid and other thin tapes.
10. An ordinary wooden pencil and a small toothpick (or split a small sliver of wood.)
11. Two strong rubber bands, or string.
12. Several small, transparent plastic bags, such as sandwich bags,

For the Charging Devices:
1. Most hard plastic rubbed on dry paper.
2. Scotch Magic Transparent tape (3/4 inch width is best) . . .

For Determining Dose Rates and Recording Doses Received:
1. A watch with a second hand.
2. A flashlight or other light, for reading the KFM in a dark shelter or at night.
3. Pencil and paper -- preferably a notebook.

For the Dry-Bucket: A KFM must be charged inside a dry bucket if the air is very humid, as it often is inside a crowded, long-occupied shelter lacking adequate forced ventilation.):
1. A large bucket, pot, or can, preferably with a top diameter of at least 11 inches.
2. Clear plastic (best is 4-mil-thick clear plastic used for storm windows). A square piece 5 inches wider on a side than the diameter of the bucket to be used.
3. Cloth duct tape, one inch wide and 8 feet long (or 4 ft., if 2 inches wide). Or 16 ft. of freezer tape one inch wide.
4. Two plastic bags 14 to 16 inches in circumference, such as ordinary plastic bread bags. The original length of these bags should be at least 5 inches greater than the height of the bucket.
5. About one square foot of wall board (sheetrock), to make anhydrite drying agent.
6. Two 1-quart Mason jars or other airtight containers, one in which to store anhydrite and another in which to keep dry the KFM charging devices.
7. Strong rubber bands -- enough to make a loop around the bucket. Or string.

Answer 3

You would be better off making a HAIR Trigger!!