Diode
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- OBJECT TYPE
- EXPERIMENTAL/RADAR USE
- DATE
- 1942
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0370.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LTD.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL & CERAMIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 1.7 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radar
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- REL
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1942
- Canada
-
PART OF THE EARLY EFFORTS TO BUILD RADAR SETS IN CANADA/ IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PRODUCT PRODUCED AT RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LTD., A MANUFACTURING UNIT SET UP TO PRODUCE WAR MATERIALS FOR THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES DURING WWII & DISBANDED AFTER THE WAR - Function
-
PROBABLY EXPERIMENTAL - INTENDED TO BE USED AS A DETECTOR OF RADAR SIGNALS - Technical
-
AT THE TIME THAT THIS DIODE WAS MANUFACTURED, THERE WERE NO VACUUM TUBES AVAILABLE THAT WOULD WORK EFFECTIVELY AT RADAR FREQUENCIES - DIODES WERE THEREFORE USED AS DETECTORS OF RADAR FREQUENCIES - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE ON ARTIFACT ITSELF, GLASS TUBE IT CAME IN HAS PAPER LABEL ON IT, HANDWRITTEN 'REL 23/ Dr. Nelson/ Feb 16/42'
- Missing
- No.
- Finish
- CERAMIC PT DULL WHITE, METAL IS DARK BRASS COLOUR
- Decoration
- N/A
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RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LTD., Diode, circa 1942, Artifact no. 1996.0370, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0370.001/
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