Vacuum tube

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OBJECT TYPE: PHOTOMULTIPLIER
DATE: 1978–1980
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2005.0140.007

MANUFACTURER: RCA
MODEL: 4517
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: Z16162
Part Number: 7
Total Parts: 9
AKA: PMT tube
Patents: N/A
General Description: Clear glass tube houses glass, off-white ceramic and metal components; silver metal contact pins; light brown moulded synthetic base.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 11.5 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 3.9 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Vacuum Tubes
Category: Photoemissive
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: RCA
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This tube appears never used.
Canada: Component of scanning electron microscope designed at Communication Research Centre in Ottawa and built by SEMCO at NRC's Montreal Rd. campus under an industry/ government partnership- one of the first such partnerships. The company lasted approx. 4-5 years, but collapsed due to poor management. It was taken over successively by other companies. [Ref. 1]
Function: VACUUM TUBE USED TO DETECT & MEASURE UV & VISIBLE RADIATION.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "RCA/ 81-52" and "4517/ MADE IN U.S.A." printed in red on tube base; "P1" stamped in black ink on underside. "Z016162" stamped into metal plate fixed inside tube.
Missing: None.
Finish: Clear glass tube houses glass, off-white ceramic and metal components; silver metal contact pins; light brown moulded synthetic base.
Decoration: N/A

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RCA, Vacuum tube, circa 1978–1980, Artifact no. 2005.0140, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2005.0140.007/

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