Detector, radiation
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BETA/GAMMA/ALPHA/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1945–1952
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0223.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National Research Council
- MODEL
- SUPERLILI/MK.1491
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- PROTOTYPE/5
- 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
- 24.0 cm
- Width
- 18.5 cm
- Height
- 27.0 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
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS WAS A PROTOTYPE DEVELOPED BY NRC IN THE LATE 1940S AS PART OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY PROJECT
- Canada
-
THIS DEVICE WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT BY THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AS PART OF THE PROGRAM AT THE CHALK RIVER NUCLEAR LABORATORIES TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZEEP RESEARCH REACTOR & THE ASSOCIATED RADIATION FACILITES AT CHALK RIVERONTARIO AS PART OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY PROJECT. - Function
-
USED TO DETECT ALPHA, GAMMA, AND BETA RADIATION PARTICLES. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY GAMMA, ALPHA, AND BETA DETECTOR. ORIGINALLY CALLED "PLUTO" UNTIL AN AMERICAN VISITOR SUGGESTED NOT USING THE NAME (TOO MUCH LIKE PLUTONIUM). NEW NAME - SUPER LILI- COINED IN THE MONTREAL LAB AFTER A POPULAR FAN DANCER OF THE TIME [REF 2] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S PLATE: 'SUPERLILI/ NATONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL/ ATOMIC ENERGY PROJECT/ SERIAL NO. 5 MK. 1481'/ DESIGNATIONS AROUND KNOBS: 'OFF/ FIL/ON/ H.T./ON/ CH./ON' 'ZERO ADJUST.' 'PRESS TO ZERO' '8 2000 200 20 DRIFT CAL'/ PRINTED ON DIAL FACE: '0 [TO] 30/ DOSES'
- Missing
- .1 APPEARS COMPLETE/ .2 ONLY PARTS OF THE UNIT - SEE COMMENTS FIELD
- Finish
- UNFINISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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National Research Council, Detector, radiation, circa 1945–1952, Artifact no. 1998.0223, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0223.001/
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