Detector, Ionization, Gas Gain, Aerobee
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Naval Research Laboratory
notes: label: Summary
content: This is a gas gain ion chamber ionization detector similar to those that flew in Aerobee rockets in the late 1950's to early 1960's. The lithium fluoride window in this detector was designed to be transparent to radiation in the range from 1050 to 1300 Angstroms. The charges generated by the impact of the photons on the interior gas then traveled to the oppositely charged electrode. Additional collisions of the ions and electrons with filling gas on their way to the electrodes generated more charges and in effect amplified the signal.
label: Summary
content: This artifact is part of a collection of high energy detectors from the Naval Research Laboratory (see A19880001000-19880017000). 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: A19880001000
objectType: label: Type
content: INSTRUMENTS-Scientific
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Plastic
label: Materials
content: Copper Alloy
label: Materials
content: Ferrous Alloy
label: Materials
content: Lithium Fluoride
label: Materials
content: Possible Inorganic Material
label: Materials
content: Non-Magnetic White Metal Alloy
label: Materials
content: Adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D: 5.7 × 4.9 × 4.1cm (2 1/4 × 1 15/16 × 1 5/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Other (Stem): 5.1cm (2 in.)