Alphameter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SOLID STATE
- DATE
- 1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0533.011
- MANUFACTURER
- alphaNUCLEAR
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 121
- Part Number
- 11
- Total Parts
- 23
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING, WITH RUBBER BASE/ SYNTHETIC CYLINDER & TOP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.2 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 5.5 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Mining and Metallurgy
- Category
- Mineral exploration
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Alphanuclear
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1960S-1980S
- Canada
-
ONE OF COLLECTION OF INSTRUMENTS USED BY PROF. M.K. SEGUIN WHILE IN GEOLOGY DEPT. OF U. OF LAVAL, QUEBEC DURING 1960S TO CA. 1990. THEY WERE ACQUIRED BY SEGUIN TOSUPPORT CONTRACT RESEARCH, & AS TEACHING APPARATUS FOR HIS GRAD STUDENTS & TEACHING AIDS FOR UNDERGRAD GEOLOGY STUDENTS AT LAVAL CA.1960-1995. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED IN GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION TO DETECT ALPHA PARTICLES, IN SEARCH FOR MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ATOMIC ENERGY INTEREST. - Technical
-
WITH THE GROWING INTEREST & RESEARCH IN RADIOACTIVITY THIS METHOD OF EXPLORATION GAINED CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE IN THE MID-1940S. ALPHAMETERS CAN BE USED TO MEASURE THE NEAR-SURFACE RADON GAS CONCENTRATIONS WHICH AIDS IN LOCATING UNDERGROUND URANIUM & OTHER SUCH MINERAL DEPOSITS. THEY WERE IN USE IN CANADIAN APPLICATIONS DURING 1965 TO 1985. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- METALLIC LETTERING ON LABEL ON CASING READS "alphaNUCLEAR/ Unit Serial No. 121/ Made in Canada", WITH "121" TYPEWRITTEN
- Missing
- From CA of 11/23/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - some units missing magnets, acrylic caps; one missing screw as well; two loose magnets found
- Finish
- PLATED CASING, BLACK RUBBER/ WHITE & COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT SYNTHETIC/ UNFINISHED WOOD & METAL RACK
- Decoration
- METALLIC "a" LOGO ON LABEL
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alphaNUCLEAR, Alphameter, circa 1975, Artifact no. 1997.0533, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0533.011/
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