Tube, gas flow counter

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OBJECT TYPE: ALPHA & BETA/2PI/WINDOWLESS
DATE: 1950–1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0191.001

MANUFACTURER: Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL AND SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 10.5 cm
Width: 9.0 cm
Height: 4.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Atomic & nuclear
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: AECL
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Chalk River

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: MADE AND USED IN THE 1950S
Canada: THIS TUBE WAS MADE AND USED AT THE CHALK RIVER FACILITY OF AECL.
Function: USED, WHEN ATTACHED TO A SCALER, TO MEASURE THE RADIOACTIVITY OF A GAS PASSING THROUGH THE TUBE. IT MEASURES ALPHA AND LOW LEVEL BETA PARTICLES.
Technical: THIS TYPE OF COUNTER ALLOWS FOR THE RADIOACTIVE SAMPLE TO BE INSERTED INTO THE CHAMBER BY SLIDING A TRAY TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF AIR INTRODUCED. THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS IS THAT NO ENTRANCE WINDOW NEED COME BETWEEN THE RADIATION SOURCE AND ACTIVE VOLUME OF THE COUNTER. [REF 2]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: STAMPED IN BODY: '534/ OUT IN'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 11/30/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: UNFINISHED METAL
Decoration: N/A

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Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Tube, gas flow counter, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1998.0191, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0191.001/

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