Lamp, UV Corona
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Naval Research Laboratory
notes: label: Summary
content: This is a BS-212 Anton counter shell converted to a UV corona lamp. This was used during the 1950's for field checking the sensitivity of UV detectors used in Naval Research Laboratory programs. This artifact is part of a collection of high energy detectors from the Naval Research Laboratory (see A19880001000-19880017000).
label: Summary
content: It was transferred to NASM in 1987 and is currently stored at the Garber facility.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transferred from the Naval Research Laboratory
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19880008000
objectType: label: Type
content: INSTRUMENTS-Test
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Steel Alloy
label: Materials
content: Non-Magnetic White Metal Alloy
label: Materials
content: Ceramic
label: Materials
content: Glass
label: Materials
content: Unknown Plating
label: Materials
content: Unknown Sealant
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D: 7.1 × 1cm (2 13/16 × 3/8 in.)