General Information

Serial #

54

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL BODY AND PARTS; SYNTHETIC METER CASE AND PARTS; GLASS METERCOVER; METAL HANDLE

Dimensions

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

Length

32.1 cm

Width

11.3 cm

Height

16.4 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

Tracerlab

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Boston

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS ONE PROBABLY USED FROM THE 1950S UP TO THE 1990S

Canada

THIS METER WAS DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED BY TRACERLAB AND THE NATIONAL REASEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES AT CHALK RIVER ONTARIO

Function

USED TO DETECT BETA AND GAMMA RADIATION IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Technical

THIS METER IS OF THE IONIZATION CHAMBER TYPE FEATURING SMALL DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT, GUN TYPE CONSTRUCTION AND PISTOL GRIP HANDLE. INTENDED FOR USE IN "HOT" LABORATORIES HANDLING LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVITY OF THE ORDER OF MILLICURIES OR HUNDREDS OF RUTHERFORDS. [REF 2]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTED ON BODY: 'RADIATION SURVEY METER/ CHALK RIVER MODED SUID/ SERIAL NO. 54/ Tracerlab/ BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A.' 'X100 X10/ ZERO X1/ RANGE'/ PRINTING ON METER INCLUDES: 'WESTON ELEC. INST.CORP. NEWARK, N.J. U.S.A./ R/HR/ Tracerlab/ [METER O TO 1.5]'/ TYPED ON LABEL AFFIXED TO SIDE: 'May, 1992-Chalk River SUID #54 survey meter, from Barclay/ Selkirk 3157-material permit, John Hewitt 3500./ This apparatus contains low-pressure air and 2 electrodes (1/ needle of fine wire).'/ PLATE ON BOTTOM: 'A.E.C.L./ 09439/ N.R.X.'

Missing

N/A

Finish

BODY ORIGINALLY PAINTED ALL GLOSS GREY BUT OVERPAINTED WITH RED GLOSS PAINT ON SIDES AND "GUN BARREL"/ BLACK HANDLE AND METER CASE/ WHITE PRINTING ON END

Decoration

N/A