keith@ux.acs.umn.edu (Keith MaloneyHuss) (01/18/90)
I am looking for some information about a surplus device I came across. It is some sort of radiation detector. It is a metal tube 3 cm in diameter and 10 cm long. On one end is a phenolic? base with four pins in a rough square pattern (two large pins and two smaller pins). The other end is covered by a soft yellow plastic cap which removes easily to reveal a transparent window beneath. Inside the tube (beneath the window) is a pin fixed to the center of the back of the tube. The pin is about 5 cm long and terminates just short of the window. At the end of the pin is a shiny grey bead about 3 mm diameter. The pin is about 1 mm dia. It is manufactured by Searle Analytic Inc. and is model # 000-000108 047 A The plastic cap has a metal washer in it that covers all but about 1 cm in the middle. Any ideas for a use for this gadget? A trash can is probably the best home for it, but I thought I would ask. Thanks. --keith
howard@53iss6.Waterloo.NCR.COM (Howard Steel) (01/18/90)
In article <1028@ux.acs.umn.edu> keith@ux.acs.umn.edu (Keith MaloneyHuss) writes: >I am looking for some information about a surplus device I came across. >It is some sort of radiation detector. <description deleted> It sounds very much like a personal, pocket radiation dosimeter. The military and others use one that looks like a tiny hockey puck (about the size of a dollar coin, in either country, but much thicker) that can be hung on a chain with your dog tags; or the one you describe that sounds like the pocket clip version. -- / / / / / / / / / / :-(I Think, Therefore I Am, I Think :-) / / / / / / / / / / / Howard.Steel@Waterloo.NCR.COM NCR CANADA LTD. - 580 Weber St. N / / (519)884-1710 Ext 570 Waterloo, Ont., N2J 4G5 / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /