Tube, gas flow counter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ALPHA & BETA/2PI/WINDOWLESS
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0191.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Chalk River, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL AND SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.5 cm
- Width
- 9.0 cm
- Height
- 4.0 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
- AECL
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Chalk River
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- MADE AND USED IN THE 1950S
- Canada
-
THIS TUBE WAS MADE AND USED AT THE CHALK RIVER FACILITY OF AECL. - Function
-
USED, WHEN ATTACHED TO A SCALER, TO MEASURE THE RADIOACTIVITY OF A GAS PASSING THROUGH THE TUBE. IT MEASURES ALPHA AND LOW LEVEL BETA PARTICLES. - Technical
-
THIS TYPE OF COUNTER ALLOWS FOR THE RADIOACTIVE SAMPLE TO BE INSERTED INTO THE CHAMBER BY SLIDING A TRAY TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF AIR INTRODUCED. THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS IS THAT NO ENTRANCE WINDOW NEED COME BETWEEN THE RADIATION SOURCE AND ACTIVE VOLUME OF THE COUNTER. [REF 2] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED IN BODY: '534/ OUT IN'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE From CA of 11/30/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- UNFINISHED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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