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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTROMAGNET
- DATE
- 1992
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1896.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NUCLIDE
- MODEL
- 12 INCH 60 DEGREE
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- IRON MAGNET; IRON, STEEL & STAINLESS STEEL HOUSING & FITTINGS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 68.0 cm
- Width
- 58.0 cm
- Height
- 85.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Magnetism
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NUCLIDE
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- THIS MAGNET USED AS PART OF MASS SPECTROMETER DURING 1980S, AND PROBABLY EARLIER.
- Canada
-
USED AS PART OF A MASS SPECTROMETER IN RESEARCH LABS IN UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL. LATER TRANSFERRED TO UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA AS PART OF 2 MASSSPECTROMETERS, WHICH WERE SUBSEQUENTLY COMBINED. - Function
-
TO PHYSICALLY ATTRACT & MAKE CONTACT WITH IRON OR MAGNETIC SUBSTANCES. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF LARGE ELECTROMAGNET, REQUIRING 30 VOLTS TO SATURATE FIELD. IT WAS ORIGINALLY USED TO FOCUS AND/OR GUIDE ELECTRONS IN THE FLIGHT TUBE OF A MASS SPECTROMETER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- " NC " & " SWL D9ST " cast in raised print on ring on top of magnet housing.
- Missing
- NONE- MAGNET IS COMPLETE IN ITSELF. From CA of 01/23/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete; riveted steel plate found inside
- Finish
- MAGNET HOUSING PAINTED MEDIUM BLUE. MAGNET IS BLACK.
- Decoration
- N/A
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NUCLIDE, Magnet, before 1992, Artifact no. 1992.1896, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1896.001/
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