Tube, Geiger Mueller

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1950–1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0188.001

MANUFACTURER: Electronic Associates Ltd.
MODEL: VA229
LOCATION: Willowdale, Ontario, Canada

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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

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.3 cm
Width: 1.3 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: Electronic
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Willowdale

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: USED DURING THE 1950S
Canada: TUBE MANUFACTURED IN CANADA. THIS ONE 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 & MADE HEARABLE TO A "CLICKING" NOISE AND THUS COUNTED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT RADIOACTIVITY IS PRESENT.[REF2]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON TUBE: 'EA [IN LOGO]/ ELECTRONIC/ ASSOCIATES/ LIMITED/ WILLOWDALE, ONT./ CANADA'/ LABEL ON TUBE: 'TYPE 480/5/8/ NO. VA 229/ VW 500 +/- 50/ WINDOW THICKNESS/ mg/cm 2'/ DECAL ON TUBE: 'MADE/ IN/ CANADA'
Missing: From CA of 11/30/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: BLACK GLASS; RED AND WHITE PRINTING ON GLASS
Decoration: DECORATIVE LOGO ON TUBE

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