Detector, scintillation

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OBJECT TYPE: NA I
DATE: 1952
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0204.001

MANUFACTURER: Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: PROTOTYPE
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL; SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length: 30.0 cm
Width: 8.6 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: Chalk River
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Chalk River

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS ONE PROBABLY USED IN THE 1950S
Canada: THIS DEVICE WAS DESIGNED BY CRNL AS PART OF THE PROGRAM AT THE CHALK RIVER NUCLEAR LABORATORIES TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NRX AND NRU HIGH POWER RESEARCH REACTORS & ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AT CHALK RIVER, ONTARIO [REF 2]
Function: USED TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF ALPHA PARTICLES.
Technical: THIS MONITOR IS PROBABLY ONE IN THE SERIES OF DEVELOPMENTS OF SUCH DEVICES BY AECL. IT WAS PROBABLY A PROTOTYPE BETWEEN THE 1ST ONE 980208 AND THE 2ND ONE 980205. IT WOULD REQUIRE A HOOK-UP TO A SPEAKER OR EARPHONES TO HEAR THE SIGNALS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: HANDWRITTEN ON SIDE: 'NaI 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" (ca. 1952)/ For [?] 9041-22'
Missing: APPEARSCOMPLETE From CA of 11/30/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: UNFINISHED METAL
Decoration: N/A

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Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Detector, scintillation, circa 1952, Artifact no. 1998.0204, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0204.001/

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