Crystal, carborundum
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SILICON & CARBON
- DATE
- 1900–1909
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1967.1200.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SILICON AND CARBON
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.0 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Radio
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THESE CRYSTALS NEVER USED. THIS TYPE OF CRYSTAL CONTINUES IN USE 1999 +
- Canada
-
FORMERLY PART OF COLLECTION OF NRC COMMUNICATION MUSEUM. - Function
-
USED AS AN ABRASIVE, AND IN LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES TO PROVIDE GREEN OR YELLOW LIGHT. SINGLE CRYSTALS USED IN RADIO WAVE DETECTOR. - Technical
-
CARBORUNDUM IS TRADENAME FOR THE COMPOUND SILICON + CARBON. CARBORUNDUM CRYSTALS CAN BE PRODUCED COMMERICALLY BY HEATING COKE & SAND IN AN ELECTRIC FURNACE. THE CARBORUNDUM RADIO WAVE DETECTOR WAS INTRODUCED IN 1906, ONE FORM OF WHICH EMPLOYED A SINGLE CRYSTAL CLAMPED BETWEEN 2 FLAT COPPER TERMINALS. (REF. 2 ) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None.
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Crystal, carborundum, between 1900–1909, Artifact no. 1967.1200, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1967.1200.001/
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