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- OBJECT TYPE
- GAS/HELIUM NEON
- DATE
- 1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0324.001
- MANUFACTURER
- JODON ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES INC.
- MODEL
- HN-1
- LOCATION
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 607
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION; SOME SYNTHETIC FITTINGS/.2 ALL METAL SUPPORT BRACKET.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 37.0 cm
- Width
- 12.0 cm
- Height
- 9.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Light & electromagnetic radiation
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- JODON
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Michigan
- City
- Ann Arbor
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS LASER USED C. 1980 +. NOT USED AFTER 1993.
- Canada
-
USED WITH 3M SPECTROGRAPH (930323),DESIGNED AND BUILT AT NRC, FOR USE BY DR. GERHARD HERZBERG IN STUDIES OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE. - Function
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TO PROVIDE VERY BRIGHT, INTENSE MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT..2 SUPPORT POSITIONS LASER PRECISELY & SECURELY. - Technical
-
HELIUM- NEON LASERS WERE FIRST GAS-TYPE LASERS, AND ARE AMONG THE MOST COMMON BECAUSE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF INEXPENSIVE COMPONENTS AND THEIR RELATIVE EASE OF CONSTRUCTION. HENE LASERS GENRATE A CONTINUOUS BEAM, HAVE MANAGEABLE POWER & COOLING REQUIREMENTS, AND ARE RELATIVELY SIMPLE TO OPERATE & MAINTAIN. (REF.2, P.24) - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 Mfr's decal applied to laser casing reads " COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION/ THIS LASER PRODUCT CONFROMS TO ALL APPLICABLE/ FEDERAL RADIATION STANDARDS. 21 CFR CHAPTER 1/ SUBCHAPTER J IN EFFECT AT THE DATE/ OF MANUFACTURE./ MANUFACTURED BY: HN-1/ JODON ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, INCORPORATED/ 145 ENTERPRISE DRIVE/ ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN/ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA S/N 607/ DATE OF MANUFACTURE:/ January 1980 ". Second decal reads " IF BORROWED, PLEASE RETURN TO/ SPECTROSCOPY/ HERZBERG INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS/ NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL ". "AVOID EXPOSURE/ Laser radiation is emitted from this/ aperture" printed on yellow decal at one end. "LASER RADIATION-/ AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM/ HELIUM NEON LASER/ 50 MILLIWATT MAXIMUM OUTPUT/ CLASS 111B LASER PRODUCT" printed on decal on laser. "DANGER- HIGH VOLTAGE/ DO NOT REMOVE COVERS" printed on end panel; all controls, etc. labelled. "HELIUM NEON LASER/ JODON ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES" printed on opposite end./
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE. From CA of 11/15/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- GREY WRINKLE TEXTURED FINISH ON.1 LASER EXTERIOR; BRUSHED SILVER METAL PLATE AT EITHER END/.2 BRUSHED METAL AND PAINTED GREY FINISHES.
- Decoration
- N/A
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JODON ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES INC., Laser, 1980, Artifact no. 1993.0324, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0324.001/
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