Ratemeter, beta-dose

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OBJECT TYPE
BETA/AMBIENT
DATE
1966
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1998.0212.001
MANUFACTURER
Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories
MODEL
AEP 5210
LOCATION
Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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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
19.5 cm
Width
12.0 cm
Height
24.0 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
Chalk River
Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
City
Chalk River

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S
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 & ASSOCITED RADIATION FACILITIES AT CHALK RIVER, ONTARIO [REF 2].
Function
USED TO MEASURE BETA RADIATION DOSE FORM UNSEALED SOURCES [REF 2]
Technical
THIS INSTRUMENT WAS THE 2ND IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BETA DOSE RATEMETER AT CHALK RIVER. IT USES A SILICON DIFFUSED P-N JUNCTION AND HAS A SEMICONDUCTOR PARTICLE DETECTOR. THE COVEROVER THE DETECTOR ENABLES THE SEPARATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE OUTPUT FROM BETA & GAMMA RADIATION. [REF 2]
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
IMPRESSED IN DYNOTAPE AFFIXED TO BODY: 'BETA DOSIMETER/ AEP 5210/ INDICATOR TILTS/ WHEN/ CHARGED BATTERY/ IS SWITCHED ON/ BATT CHARGE'/ HANDWRITTEN ON PAPER LABEL: 'Beta Dosimeter/ 2nd in series (1966)/ [semiconductor] 5210'/ PRINTED ON METER DIAL FACE: 'RAD/h/ [BETA SYMBOL] TISSUE DOSE RATE/ [DIAL MARKINGS:.1 TO 100]'
Missing
APPEARS COMPLETE. From CA of 11/28/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish
UNFINISHED BODY; GREY HANDLE; BLACK METER CASE WITH WHITE DIAL FACE AND BLACK PRINTING
Decoration
N/A

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Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Ratemeter, beta-dose, circa 1966, Artifact no. 1998.0212, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0212.001/

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