General Information

Serial #

6

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

NON-FERROUS METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length

23.0 cm

Width

24.0 cm

Height

34.5 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

NRC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Chalk River

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1940S AND EARLY 1950S

Canada

EXAMPLE OF DEVICE DEVELOPED AND MADE BY THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AT CHALK RIVER ONTARIO DURING THEIR NUCLEAR RESEARCH PROGRAM FROM THE EARLY 1940S UNTIL 1952 WHEN AECL WAS FORMED AND TOOK OVER THESE PROGRAMS.

Function

A DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE INTENSITY OF RADIATION BY MEASURING MINUTE ELECTRICAL CURRENT

Technical

AN ELECTROSCOPE MEASURES CURRENT WHICH IS TOO SMALL TO BE DETECTED WITH GALVANOMETERS. GAMMA RAY ELECTROSCOPES MUST BE BUILT OR COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY LEAD TWO OR THREE MILLIMETERS THICK IN ORDER TO CUT OFF ALL ALPHA AND BETA RAYS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READING 'GAMMA ELECTROSCOPE/ N.R.C. CHALK RIVER/ TYPE T.R.A. SER NO. 6/ MAX. VOLTS-93/ MIN. VOLTS-75/ cap approx. 24 pF'

Missing

N/A

Finish

METAL PAINTED BLACK OR PLATED/ BLACK KNOB/ BROWN CORD

Decoration

N/A