General Information

Serial #

PROTOTYPE

Part Number

1

Total Parts

103

AKA

Microtron

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, INCLUDING BRASS, ALUMINUM/ SYNTHETIC PARTS & TAPE COVERED PARTS/ GLASS PARTS/ REPLICA MAGNET OF WOOD

Dimensions

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

Length

185.0 cm

Width

123.5 cm

Height

197.0 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

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1947 +

Canada

THIS ELECTRON CYCLOTRON WAS FIRST OF ITS KIND ANYWHERE IN WORLD & WAS DESIGNED, MADE & OPERATED AT NRC, ONE OF CANADA'S FOREMOST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENTS IN NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGICAL AREAS. NRC SCIENTISTS H. LE CAINE, P.A. REDHEAD & W.J. HENDERSON WERE INVOLVED IN PROJECT.

Function

DEVICE USED IN LABORATORY CONSISTING OF PARTICLE ACCELERATOR IN WHICH CHARGED PARTICLES ARE ACCELERATED IN SPIRAL INSIDE 2 HOLLOW METAL ELECTRODES BY MEANS OF CONSTANT MAGNETIC FIELD.

Technical

NRC'S ELECTRON CYCLOTRON WAS DEVELOPED C. 1947 & WAS FIRST IN WORLD CONSTRUCTED ON PRINCIPLES SUGGESTED BY RUSSIAN SCIENTIST VEKSLER IN 1944. IT WAS SMALL & RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE, OPERATING AT ENERGIES UP TO 5 MEV, & USING CONSTANT MAGNETIC FIELD & APPLIED RADIO-FREQUENCY. OVER FOLLOWING SEVERAL YEARS DESIGN CHANGES WERE MADE TO CONVERT CYCLOTRON FROM EXPERIMENTAL MODEL TO DEPENDABLE RESEARCH TOOL.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 HANDWRITTEN PART NOS.; LABEL ON MAGNETRON COVER READS "RAYTHEON/ JAN-CRP 5586/ MADE IN U.S.A./ SERIAL NO./ E6238H"/ PLATES ON DIFFUSION PUMPS READ ON PUMP A "MC DIFFUSION PUMP/ PATENTED UNDER ONE OR MORE OF U.S. PATENTS 2080421/ 2150676, 2211329, 2435686/ Made in Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A. by/ CONSOLIDATED VACUUM CORPORATION/ SUBSIDIARY OF CONSOLIDATED ENGINEERING CORPORATION", "MODEL MC-275-01/ VOLTS 115/ WATTS 400/ SERIAL NO. P-289", "Made in Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A. by/ CONSOLIDATED VACUUM CORPORATION/ MODEL WB-8-01/ A SUBSIDIARY OF CONSOLIDATED ENGINEERING CORPORATION"; ON PUMP B: "DISTILLATION PRODUCTS INC./ ROCHESTER, N.Y./ MODEL MC275-R/ USE ON 115 VOLTS/ PATENTED IN U.S.A. 2080421/ OTHER PATENTS PENDING"

Missing

VACUUM PUMP/ MAGNET/ OTHER PARTS UNKNOWN

Finish

.1 FRAME PAINTED BLACK, WITH METALLIC, BLACK PAINTED, BRASS COLOURED PARTS; BLACK TAPE; WHITE SYNTHETIC; COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS/.2 PAINTED GREY/.3 PAINTED FLAT BLACK/.4 PAINTED BLACK

Decoration

* MARKINGS CONT'D:.1 PUMP B: "DISTILLATION PRODUCTS INC./ ROCHESTER, N.Y./ MODEL MC275-R/ USE ON 115 VOLTS/ PATENTED IN U.S.A. 2080421/ OTHER PATENTS PENDING"/.4 PLATE READING "DISTILLATION PRODUCTS INC./ MC275-01/ USE ON 115 VOLTS/ PATENTED IN U.S.A. 2080421/OTHER PATENTS PENDING"