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