Analyser, pulse height

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OBJECT TYPE: SCINTILLATION
DATE: 1960–1961
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0168.001

MANUFACTURER: Nuclear Enterprises Ltd.
MODEL: VA-6000
LOCATION: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: A-71
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL, WITH SOME GLASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS.

Dimensions

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

Length: 48.0 cm
Width: 39.0 cm
Height: 18.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Atomic & nuclear
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Nuclear
Country: Canada
State/Province: Manitoba
City: Winnipeg

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: USED EARLY 1960S +
Canada: NUCLEAR ENTERPRISES LTD. WAS FOUNDED LARGELY BY FORMER EMPLOYEES OF AECL, WHITESHELL TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED EQ. TO AECL AND TO UNIVERSITES. THIS UNIT WAS ACQUIRED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH FORUSE IN IT'S NEW PHYSICS BUILDING (OPENED C. 1961). IT WAS USED IN GAMMA-RAY ANNIHILATION EXPERIMENTS BY JIM STEVENS WORKING IN POLYMER PHYSICS IN THE 1960S.
Function: USED TO DETECT AND COUNT A PULSE OF ELECTRICITY OR MOMENTARY SHORT CIRCUIT.
Technical: UNIT CONTAINS 4 MODULES: TWO NE9101 PULSE ANALYSERS AND TWO NE9000 AMPLIFIERS, EACH PAIR WORKING TOGETHER SO THAT TWO SOURCES COULD BE MONITORED AT THE SAME TIME. THE MODULAR UNITS ARE DESCRIBED AS THE "VERSATRAN SYSTEM" AND IS AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF THIS TYPE OF EQ. CONSTRUCTION- IN A SENSE A PRECURSOR TO INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, BUT USING TRANSISTORS. IT ALLOWED SEVERAL UNITS OF SPECIFIC FUNCTION TO BE COMBINED WITHIN A SINGLE UNIT. THE ACTUAL FABRICATION WAS NOT ENTIRELY SUCCESSFUL BY LATER STANDARDS, AS THE MODULAR UNITS COULD NOT BE INSERTED AND REMOVED WITHOUT SOME WIRING IN THE BACK BEING SOLDERED OR CUT. DESIGNED TO BE USED WITH TIME ANALYSER (980169).(REF. 1)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " "VERSATRAN"/ INSTRUMENT ASSEMBLY/ Serial No. A-70/ manufactured by/ NUCLEAR ENTERPRISES/ Ltd./ WINNIPEG CANADA " & " MODEL VA-6000/ A117A/ DUAL AMPLIFIER-/ ANALYSER/ manufactured by/ NUCLEAR/ [logo]/ ENTERPRISES LTD./ Winnipeg Canada " appears on left front panel. All component controls, etc. labelled, on both front & back of casing.
Missing: UNKNOWN. From CA of 11/27/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: SILVER METAL CASING HAS BLUE ACCENTS/TRIM; BLACK DIALS & TEXT.
Decoration: N/A

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Nuclear Enterprises Ltd., Analyser, pulse height, circa 1960–1961, Artifact no. 1998.0168, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0168.001/

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