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- OBJECT TYPE
- DIRECT READING
- DATE
- 1992
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0966.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Thomson & Nielsen Electronics Ltd.
- MODEL
- MIR/ FS-1/MOS-K-2
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 310
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 DELRIN (ACETAL) HOUSING; SYNTHETIC & METAL COMPONENTS ON CIRCUIT BOARDS/ NB: PRESUMABLY.1 CONTAINS 6 SILVER OXIDE BATTERIES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.2 cm
- Width
- 5.3 cm
- Height
- 2.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Thomson Nielsen
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- USED 1993.11.28 TO 1994.02.27 ABOARD MIR SPACE STATION
- Canada
-
THOMSON & NIELSEN ELECTRONICS LTD. WAS EST'D IN 1984. THE COMPANY IS KNOWN INTERNATIONALLY FOR ITS RADIATION DETECTION & MONITORING EQ. TN DOSIMETERS FLEW ALONG WITH RUSSIAN RADIATION DETECTORS ON SPACE STATION MIR FOR 3, 6 & 15 MONTHS. THE UNITS WERE DEVELOPED & MFD. IN OTTAWA & CONTAIN SEMI-CONDUCTOR CHIPS MFD. AT CARLETON UNIVERSITY. - Function
-
TO MEASURE RADIATION LEVELS, SPECIFICALLY ON SPACECRAFT - Technical
-
TN DOSIMETER TECHNOLOGY UNIQUE (1993-94) BECAUSE IT COULD PROVIDE DIRECT READINGS OF RADIATION LEVELS. THIS UNIT USED TO MEASURE RADIATION LEVELS IN MIR CREW'S SLEEPING QUARTERS: LEVELS FOUND TO BE 3X THE AMOUNT ACCEPTABLE FOR AN ATOMIC RADIATION PLANT WORKER TO BE EXPOSED TO IN 1 YEAR. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .CASING STAMPED 'FS-1/MOS-K-2'; PAPER LABEL ON CASING READS: 'PASSIVE DOSIMETER/ MOS DETECTOR/ FS-1/ MOS-K-2/ 1992/ THIS SIDE FACES/ SPACECRAFT INTERIOR/ MANUFACTURED BY:/ [LOGO]/ Thomson and Nielsen Ltd./ Ottawa, Ontario, Canada'/ PT CASE BEARS LABEL: '[TN LOGO]/ 1050 Baxter Road/ Ottawa, Ontario Canada/ K2C 3P1/ TEL: (613) 596-4563/ FAX: (613) 596-5243/ THOMSON & NIELSEN ELECTRONICS LTD.'
- Missing
- NONE APPARENT
- Finish
- WHITE OPAQUE SYNTHETIC HOUSING. CIRCUIT BOARD. INSIDE IS GREEN/ TRANSPARENT CASE PT HAS BLACK PEBBLE-TEXTURED EXTERIOR; GREY EGG-CRATE STYLE FOAM LINING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Thomson & Nielsen Electronics Ltd., Dosimeter, 1992, Artifact no. 1995.0966, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0966.001/
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