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OBJECT TYPE: RADIATION
DATE: 1992
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0968.001

MANUFACTURER: Thomson & Nielsen Electronics Ltd.
MODEL: 130-42
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 299
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: DELRIN (ACETAL) HOUSING. SYNTHETICS & METAL ON CIRCUIT BOARD. FITTED WITH 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: 33.0 cm
Width: 25.0 cm
Height: 14.0 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: THIS DOSIMETER PART NEVER USED. THIS TYPE USED C.1992-1993
Canada: THOMSON & NIELSEN ELECTRONICS LTD. WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1984. THE CO. IS KNOWN INTERNATIONALLY FOR ITS RADIATION DETECTION & MONITORING EQ. TECHNOLOGYEMBODIED IN THIS UNIT DEV'D IN OTTAWA: IT WAS MFD. IN OTTAWA, AND CONTAINS SEMI-CONDUCTOR CHIPS MFD. AT CARLETON UNIVERSITY.
Function: TO MEASURE ABSORBED RADIATION DOSE OR RADIATION LEVEL. THIS OPEN UNIT PERMITS DISPLAY OF COMPLETE NEVER-USED CIRCUIT BOARD FITTED WITH MOSFET.
Technical: TN DOSIMETER TECHNOLOGY UNIQUE (1993-1994) BECAUSE IT COULD PROVIDE DIRECT READINGS OF RADIATION LEVELS. TN'S PATENTED MOSFET CHIP [METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD AFFECT TRANSISTOR] PROVIDES INFORMATION ON RADIATION-DOSAGE ON DEMAND. (IE: DATA DOES NOT HAVE TO BE EXTRAPOLATED FROM ANALYSIS PERFORMED IN LAB)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NEVER-USED CIRCUIT BOARD BEARS NUMEROUS MARKINGS, INCLUDING: 'THOMSON & NIELSEN MADE IN CANADA', '130-42 AUG 92', AND '#0299'. EACH OF 8 MOSFET DOSIMETERS MOUNTED ON CIRCUIT BOARD MARKED 'TN-7/ W 13'; INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED [TOP, RIGHT TO LEFT] '67', '69', '72', '25', '65', '32', '43' AND '42'/ PT CASE BEARS LABEL: '[TN LOGO]/ 1050 Baxter Road/ Ottawa, Ontario Canada/ K2C 3P1/ TEL: (613) 596-4563/ FAX: (613) 596-5243/ THOMSON & NIELSEN ELECTRONICS LTD.'
Missing: CASING COVER ONLY
Finish: WHITE OPAQUE HOUSING. GREEN CIRCUIT BOARD. TRANSPORT CASE PT HAS BLACK PEBBLE-TEXTURED EXTERIOR: GREY EGG-CRATE STYLE FOAM LINING
Decoration: N/A

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Thomson & Nielsen Electronics Ltd., Dosimeter part, 1992, Artifact no. 1995.0968, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0968.001/

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