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- OBJECT TYPE
- scanning tunneling
- DATE
- 1992
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0110.001
- MANUFACTURER
- A.T. & T. Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- NON-FERROUS METAL/ GLASS WINDOW/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ CERAMIC OR SYNTHETIC PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 46.0 cm
- Width
- 30.0 cm
- Height
- 65.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Chemistry
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- AT&T
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Murray Hill
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1991+
- Canada
-
CANADIAN DR ROBERT WOLKOW WORKED IN USA WHEN HE DESIGNED THIS MICROSCOPE; HE IS NOW AT STEACIE INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE, OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED TO STUDY & IMAGE INDIVIDUAL ATOMS ON SURFACES OF MATERIALS, BASED ON TUNNELING OF ELECTRONS BETWEEN TIP OF PROBE & SURFACE OF SAMPLE. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE CAPABLE OF OPERATION OVER TEMPERATURE RANGE OF APPROX. 80-350 K. IN ULTRAHIGH VACUUM. SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE, WHICH ENABLED SCIENTISTS TO SEE ATOMS, WAS INVENTED IN EARLY 1980S BY BINNIG & ROHRER (OF IBM ZURICH), WHO RECEIVED NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS IN 1986. SEE 2001.0005 & 2001.0006 SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES FROM DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY - MID 1980'S INSTRUMENTS FOR USE AT ROOM TEMPERATURES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON MANY PARTS READS "MDC MFG. INC. HAYWARD. CA. USA"/ LABEL ON PART READS "MDC/ VACUUM PRODUCTS CORPORATION/ 23842 Cabot Blvd. Hayward. CA. 94545/ No. LM-133-1"/ LABEL ON PART READS "NUPRO COMPANY/ WILLOUGHBY, OHIO 44094"
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- BRUSHED METAL/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/ WHITE & BLACK NON-METAL PARTS/ DARK GREY METAL PART
- Decoration
- N/A
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A.T. & T. Co., Microscope, circa 1992, Artifact no. 2001.0110, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0110.001/
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