Personal dosimeter and portable battery-based chargers

Artifact Number:

2018-145

Description

A collection of portable personal dosimeters (pencil chambers) together with three battery-based charging units.  The dosimeters, which are direct reading, measure 11 cm in length while the battery-based charging units are 9 cm wide.  No indication as to the manufacturer nor the voltage and type of batteries used is indicated on the charging units.  The battery was inserted on the left-hand end while the dosimeter port was on the right-hand side.  A thumb-wheel is used to set the amount of charge on the anode.  The range of the dosimeters varies with some reading a maximum of 0.2 R while others have a maximum of 0.5 R.

Details

Keywords:
radiation detection; gamma dosimetry; ionization chambers
Date:
1950s
Associated artifacts:
See artifacts 2018-012 and 2018-121 for similar units.
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