General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

2

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PLASTIC POLYMER GEL CONTAINING DROPLETS OF SUPERHEATED LIQUID/ GLASS VIAL/ SYNTHETIC CAP, PARTS/ PLASTICIZED PAPER LABEL/ ALUMINUM STORAGE TUBE

Dimensions

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

Length

18.7 cm

Width

2.6 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Atomic & nuclear

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bubble

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Chalk River

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

SEPT. 5 TO OCT. 25 1997

Canada

CANADIAN DEVELOPED & MANUFACTURED RADIATION DETECTORS, WHICH FLEW ON U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-86 OF SEPT. 25 TO OCT. 5 1997, TO MIR SPACE STATION. DETECTORS SERVED AS SENSORS IN CREAM (COSMIC RADIATION EFFECTS & ACTIVATION MONITOR) EXPERIMENTS CARRIED OUT ON MIR DURING THAT MISSION.

Function

DEVICE USED TO MEASURE NEUTRON RADIATION. DETECTOR CONSISTS OF TINY DROPLETS OF SUPERHEATED LIQUID DISPERSED THROUGH ELASTIC POLYMER. WHEN DROPLETS ARE STRUCK BY NEUTRONS, THEY FORM SMALL GAS BUBBLES THAT REMAIN FIXED IN POLYMER TO PROVIDE REAL TIME VISUAL RECORD, WITH NUMBER OF BUBBLES INDICATING RADIATION LEVELS. THESE DETECTORS WERE USED ON SPACE STATION TO MONITOR NEUTRON LEVELS.

Technical

THIS TYPE OF DETECTOR IS SUITED FOR USE AS PERSONAL DOSIMETER FOR ROUTINE MONITORING OF NEUTRON DOSES. IT HAS EXTREMELY HIGH NEUTRON SENSITIVITY, IS ISOTROPIC IN RESPONSE, PROVIDES IMMEDIATE VISUAL RECORD, & IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN SPACE, WHERE ITS INSENSITIVITY TO OTHER CHARGED PARTICLES IS MAJOR ADVANTAGE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE & BLUE LETTERING ON LABEL READS "BUBBLE/ Technology Industries" WITH BLACK LETTERING & BAR CODE NUMBER ON READING ON.1 "BD-PND 2.0" & "903123";.2 "BD-PND 2.1" & "903205";.3 "BD-PND 2.2" & "903158"/ BLUE & METALLIC LETTERING ON TUBE READING "BUBBLE/ Technology Industries", "HWY. 17/ CHALK RIVER, ONTARIO, CANADA K0J 1J0/ TELEPHONE: 1 (613) 589-2456/ FAX: (613) 589-2763", & "STORE DETECTOR IN THIS TUBE/ TIGHTLY CAPPED/ STORAGE T RANGE: 10 (DEGREES) C - 30 (DEGREES) C/ 50 (DEGREES) F - 86(DEGREES) F"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GEL & GLASS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ WHITE PAPER/ METALLIC TUBE

Decoration

BLUE & WHITE OR METALLIC LOGO ON VIAL & TUBE RESPECTIVELY READING "BDI"