General Information

Serial #

105

Part Number

1

Total Parts

23

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, WITH RUBBER BASE/ SYNTHETIC CYLINDER & TOP/ WOOD & METAL RACK-CARRIER

Dimensions

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

Length

36.2 cm

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

5.5 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Mining and Metallurgy

Category

Mineral exploration

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Alphanuclear

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1960S-1980S

Canada

ONE OF COLLECTION OF INSTRUMENTS USED BY PROF. M.K. SEGUIN WHILE IN GEOLOGY DEPT. OF U. OF LAVAL, QUEBEC DURING 1960S TO CA. 1990. THEY WERE ACQUIRED BY SEGUIN TOSUPPORT CONTRACT RESEARCH, & AS TEACHING APPARATUS FOR HIS GRAD STUDENTS & TEACHING AIDS FOR UNDERGRAD GEOLOGY STUDENTS AT LAVAL CA.1960-1995.

Function

INSTRUMENT USED IN GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION TO DETECT ALPHA PARTICLES, IN SEARCH FOR MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ATOMIC ENERGY INTEREST.

Technical

WITH THE GROWING INTEREST & RESEARCH IN RADIOACTIVITY THIS METHOD OF EXPLORATION GAINED CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE IN THE MID-1940S. ALPHAMETERS CAN BE USED TO MEASURE THE NEAR-SURFACE RADON GAS CONCENTRATIONS WHICH AIDS IN LOCATING UNDERGROUND URANIUM & OTHER SUCH MINERAL DEPOSITS. THEY WERE IN USE IN CANADIAN APPLICATIONS DURING 1965 TO 1985.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 METALLIC LETTERING ON LABEL ON CASING READS "alphaNUCLEAR/ Unit Serial No. 105/ Made in Canada", WITH "105" TYPEWRITTEN

Missing

APPEAR COMPLETE From CA of 11/23/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - some units missing magnets, acrylic caps; one missing screw as well; two loose magnets found

Finish

PLATED CASING, BLACK RUBBER/ WHITE & COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT SYNTHETIC/ UNFINISHED WOOD & METAL RACK

Decoration

METALLIC LOWER CASE "A" LOGO ON LABEL