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OBJECT TYPE: RADIOACTIVE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0795.008

MANUFACTURER: Picker Nuclear
MODEL: VARIOUS
LOCATION: White Plains, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 8
Total Parts: 15
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS, METAL AND SYNTHETIC CONTAINERS AND COMPONENTS; LIQUID AND SOLID RADIOACTIVE SOURCES OF UNKNOWN COMPOSITION.

Dimensions

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

Length: 8.9 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 1.3 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Picker
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: White Plains

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: THESE SOURCES USED MID-1960S- 1970S.
Canada: USED IN MONTREAL, PQ MEDICAL PRACTICE OF DR. ROGER GHYS TO REGULATE RADIATION DOSES TO BE GIVEN TO HIS PATIENTS AND AS STANDARDS FOR MEASURING RADIOACTIVITY IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE PROCEDURES. IN CANADA RESEARCH ON TREATMENT OF CANCER USING RADIATION HAS BEEN A PRIMARY FUNCTION OF ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD. (AECL) AND THEY NOW SUPPLY A LARGE PORTION OF THE WORLD'S RADIATION SAMPLES FOR THIS PURPOSE. (REF. 1)
Function: USED TO CALIBRATE EQUIPMENT.
Technical: ESSENTIAL PART OF PROCESS TO MEASURE AND CONTROL THE USE OF MICRORADIATION SOURCES FOR BRACHYTHERAPY TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT AND BENIGN TUMOURS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Opaque synthetic cylinder has blue cap. "PICKER/ nuclear" printed in green on front; "Co/60 / 658-135" stamped into end./ .8-.12PT case White synthetic case has label taped to top, reading " PICKER/ nuclear/ 658130/ UNCALIBRATED GAMMA/ WELL SOURCES ".
Missing: From CA of 02/26/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Picker Nuclear, Source, standard, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0795, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0795.008/

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