Tube, Geiger Mueller

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1950–1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0182.001

MANUFACTURER: Amperex Electronic Corp.
MODEL: 52N
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 13618
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS AND METAL WITH A PAPER LABEL

Dimensions

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

Length: 21.5 cm
Width: 1.8 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: Amperex
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY IN USE IN THE EARLY 1950S
Canada: THIS TUBE CAME FROM CANADA'S PREMIERE ATOMIC RESEARCH FACILITY IN CHALK RIVER, ONTARIO WHERE IT WAS PROBABLY USED IN A GEIGER COUNTER TO MONITOR RADIOACTIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE.
Function: USED AS AN IONIZATION CHAMBER WITHIN A GEIGER COUNTER.
Technical: THIS TYPE OF TUBE WAS PART OF AN INSTRUMENT, A GEIGER COUNTER, FOR DETECTING IONIZING RADIATION. ELECTRIC-CURRENT PULSES ARE PRODUCED WHEN THE GAS IN THE TUBE IS IONIZED BY RADIATION. THE PULSES CAN BE AMPLIFIED AND MADE HEARABLE TO A "CLICKING" NOISE AND THUSCOUNTED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT RADIOACTIVITY IS PRESENT.[REF 3]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTING ON LABEL READS: 'AMPEREX/ ELECTRONIC CORP./ RADIATION COUNTER/ TYPE 52N SERIAL1361B/ DC OPERATING VOLTAGE 700'/ ACCOMPANYING LABEL FROM AECL: '1. Early GM tube/ (metal and glass)/ AMPEREX Electronics/ (Phillips in N. America)'
Missing: From CA of 11/30/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: DARKENED GLASS ON EACH END WITH SHINY METAL IN CENTRE AND AT THE TOP; BLUE LABEL WITH WHITE PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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Amperex Electronic Corp., Tube, Geiger Mueller, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1998.0182, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0182.001/

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