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

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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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