Tube, gas flow counter

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OBJECT TYPE: NEUTRON
DATE: 1960–1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0192.001

MANUFACTURER: 20th Century Electronics Ltd.
MODEL: FC3
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: SD39
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: BRASS, STEEL AND URANIUM

Dimensions

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

Length: 36.0 cm
Width: 4.5 cm
Height: 3.0 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: 20th
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S
Canada: THIS DEVICE WAS USED AT THE ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD. OPERATION AT CHALK RIVER, ONTARIO TO MEASURE THE NEUTRON FLUX IN VARIOUS PARTS OF A REACTOR [REF 2]
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. [REF3]
Technical: THIS IS A HIGH TEMPERATURE DEVICE. URANIUM COATS ONE OF THE ELECTRODES. IT WAS PLACED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE REACTOR TO MEASURE NEUTRON FLUX. [REF 2]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFG'S PLATE: '20TH. CENTURY ELECTRONICS LTD/ TYPE FC3/ CODE U 235/ NO. SD 39/ MADE IN ENGLAND'
Missing: From CA of 11/30/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: COATED BRASS; SHINY STEEL
Decoration: N/A

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20th Century Electronics Ltd., Tube, gas flow counter, between 1960–1969, Artifact no. 1998.0192, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0192.001/

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