Tube, Geiger Mueller

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OBJECT TYPE: LIQUID
DATE: 1950–1955
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0184.001

MANUFACTURER: 20th Century
MODEL: HB540
LOCATION: England

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General Information

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

Dimensions

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

Length: 18.6 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: 20th
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: MADE AND PROBABLY USED 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. THIS ONE IS USED FOR RADIOACTIVE DETECTION IN LIQUIDS.
Technical: THIS TYPE OF TUBE WAS PARAT 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 BEARABLE TO A "CLICKING" NOISE AND THUS COUNTED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT RADIOACTIVITY ISPRESENT.[REF 2]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON LABEL: '20TH CENTURY ELECTRONICS"/ TYPED LABEL AFFIXED TO TUBE: 'Type M.6.H./ Operate at/ 390 volts/ No. HB 540'/ HANDWRITTEN ON GLASS: 'HB 540'
Missing: From CA of 11/30/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: UNCOLOURED GLASS TUBE; GOLD AND BLUE LABEL
Decoration: N/A

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20th Century, Tube, Geiger Mueller, circa 1950–1955, Artifact no. 1998.0184, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0184.001/

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