General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

15

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

GLASS, METAL AND SYNTHETIC CONTAINERS AND COMPONENTS; LIQUID AND SOLID RADIOACTIVE SOURCES OF UNKNOWN COMPOSITION.

Dimensions

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

Length

2.7 cm

Width

2.7 cm

Height

6.0 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

Beckman

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

THESE SOURCES USED MID-1960S- 1970S.

Canada

USED IN MONTREAL, PQ MEDICAL PRACTICE OF DR. ROGER GHYS TO REGULATE RADIATION DOSES TO BE GIVEN TO HIS PATIENTS AND AS STANDARDS FOR MEASURING RADIOACTIVITY IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE PROCEDURES. IN CANADA RESEARCH ON TREATMENT OF CANCER USING RADIATION HAS BEEN A PRIMARY FUNCTION OF ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD. (AECL) AND THEY NOW SUPPLY A LARGE PORTION OF THE WORLD'S RADIATION SAMPLES FOR THIS PURPOSE. (REF. 1)

Function

USED TO CALIBRATE EQUIPMENT.

Technical

ESSENTIAL PART OF PROCESS TO MEASURE AND CONTROL THE USE OF MICRORADIATION SOURCES FOR BRACHYTHERAPY TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT AND BENIGN TUMOURS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Label on container top reads "Beckman/ H/3 / STANDARD/ ARGON-TOLUENE/ DPM 192000/ DATE 8/23/16 / NO. 515".

Missing

UNKNOWN From CA of 02/26/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A