Tube, gas flow counter

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OBJECT TYPE: NEUTRON/BORON TRIFLUORIDE
DATE: 1950–1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0190.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: X-BP-4
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

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

Dimensions

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

Length: 11.7 cm
Width: 2.0 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S
Canada: THIS ONE WAS USED AT THE AECL FACILITY AT CHALK RIVER, ONTARIO; AND MAY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED THERE.
Function: USED AS AN IONIZATION CHAMBER IN AN INSTRUMENT WHICH DETERMINES THE LEVEL OF NEUTRON FLUX BY MEASURING THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT GENERATED BY CHARGED PARTICLES MOVING THROUGH THE CHAMBER. [REF 3]
Technical: THE TUBE, FILLED WITH BORON TRIFLUOIDE GAS, WHEN ATTACHED TO A COUNTER, MEASURES LOW-LEVEL NEUTRON FLUX DURING EARLY STAGES OF A REACTOR START-UP [REF 3]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON LABEL: 'X BP-4/ 20 cms B10 F3'
Missing: From CA of 11/30/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: UNCOLOURED GLASS ENVELOPE; SHINY METAL; PAPER LABEL WITH RED TRIM AND WRITING
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Tube, gas flow counter, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1998.0190, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0190.001/

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