Chemical compound model

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2008.1651.004

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 15
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: wood and metal

Dimensions

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

Length: 14.0 cm
Width: 14.0 cm
Height: 14.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Chemistry
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: 1960s and 1970s
Canada: Taken from curatorial worksheet: "Used to view 3D picture of molecules (based on crystallographic results) and also of unit cells, before the ORTEP program became popular. 1960s punch-card computers were used to calculate the angles for the models. The researchers or students fed the cell parameters and the positions of all the atoms in the molecule. There were plastic balls of different colours or wood balls which the researchers or students painted themselves."
Function: Used as a 3d model of a chemical compound.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent
Missing: N/A
Finish: Orange and yellow wooden spheres connected by metal rods.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Chemical compound model, circa 1960, Artifact no. 2008.1651, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2008.1651.004/

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