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OBJECT TYPE: screw/female
DATE: 1997
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0059.005

MANUFACTURER: Bubble Technology Industries Inc.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 5
Total Parts: 6
AKA: Piston
Patents: N/A
General Description: Synthetic cap/piston with a metal spring.

Dimensions

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

Length: 4.8 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 1.9 cm
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: A cap with a valve used in the storage and recalibration of the detector.
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: None apparent
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Black synthetic cap and piston with a knurled exterior.
Decoration: N/A

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Bubble Technology Industries Inc., Cap, circa 1997, Artifact no. 1997.0059, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0059.005/

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