General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

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

18.7 cm

Width

4.4 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

USED IN THE 1980S

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 RADIATION FACILITIES AT CHALK RIVER, ONTARIO [REF 2]

Function

USED TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF ALPHA PARTICLES.

Technical

THIS IS THE 3RD IN A SERIES OF ALPHA MONITORS DEVELOPED BY A.E.C.L. IT WAS PRECEDED BY MODEL 118 [980208] & MODEL 5236 [980206]./ THIS MONITOR IS COMPLETE AS ONE UNIT WITH ITS OWN SPEAKER AS AN INTEGRAL PART.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

HANDWRITTEN ON LABEL: '5236 Alpha Monitor/ 3rd in series (1980)/ replaced the 1966model'/ HANDWRITTEN ON TAPE: 'AEP 5236'

Missing

PAPER SCREEN ON ONE END IS BROKEN From CA of 12/03/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

Combination of polished and etched silver metal with labels with handwritten print affixed to it.

Decoration

N/A