Tube, discharge

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1981
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0297.001

MANUFACTURER: National Research Council Canada
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS TUBE/ KOVAR-GLASS JOINT/ COPPER TUBING & CATHODE/ SILVER SOLDER/ TUNGSTEN ANODE

Dimensions

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

Length: 12.5 cm
Width: 6.0 cm
Height: 31.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Chemistry
Category: Test-measurement equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: NRC
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1970S
Canada: FROM LABORATORY OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, ONE OF CANADA'S FOREMOST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS IN NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGICAL AREAS.
Function: GENERALLY, TUBE CONSISTING OF GLASS ENVELOPE CONTAINING PRESSURIZED GAS OR VAPOUR & TWO METAL ELECTRODES; GAS IS IONIZED BY ELECTRIC CURRENT CURRENT FLOWING THROUGH IT WHEN ADEQUATE VOLTAGE IS APPLIED BETWEEN ELECTRODES (REF. 2).
Technical: HOLLOW CATHODE DISCHARGE TUBE WITH WHICH FIRST ELECTRONIC SPECTRUM OF H3 MOLECULE WAS PRODUCED (SEEREF. 1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT GLASS/ COPPER COLOURED & METALLIC METAL
Decoration: N/A

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