Dosimeter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DIRECT READING
- DATE
- 1992
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0965.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Thomson & Nielsen Electronics Ltd.
- MODEL
- MIR/ FS-1/MOS-K-1
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 296
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 Delrin (Acetal) housing; synthetic & metal components on circuit boards/ NB: presumably.1 contains 6 silver oxide batteries
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.2 cm
- Width
- 5.3 cm
- Height
- 2.4 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Thomson Nielsen
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Used 1993.11.28 TO 1994.02.27 aboard MIR Space Station
- Canada
-
Thomson & Nielsen Electronics Ltd. was est'd in 1984. The company is known internationally for its radiation detection & monitoring eq. TN dosimeters flew along with Russian radiation detectors on space station MIR for 3, 6 & 15 months. The units were developed & mfd. in Ottawa & contain semi-conductor chips mfd. at Carleton University. - Function
-
To measure radiation levels, specifically on spacecraf - Technical
-
TN dosimeter technology was unique (1993-94) because it could provide direct readings of radiation levels. This unit was used to measure radiation levels in MIR space station crew's sleeping quarters: levels found to be 3X the amount acceptable for an atomic radiation plant worker to be exposed to in 1 year. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Casing stamped 'FS-1/MOS-K-1'; paper label on casing reads: 'PASSIVE DOSIMETER/ MOS DETECTOR/ FS-1/MOS-K-1/ 1992/ THIS SIDE FACES/ SPACECRAFT INTERIOR/ MANUFACTURED BY:/ [logo]/ Thomson and Nielsen Ltd./ Ottawa, Ontario, Canada'/
- Missing
- none apparent
- Finish
- White opaque synthetic housing. Circuit board inside is green
- Decoration
- N/A
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Thomson & Nielsen Electronics Ltd., Dosimeter, 1992, Artifact no. 1995.0965, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0965.001/
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