Radiation Meter
notes: label: Description
content: This portable radiation meter worked by converting radiation energy into light, which is then detected by photomultiplier tubes. An inscription reads “SCINTILLATION SURVEY METER / MODEL SM-3A SER. NO. 053 / AEC CAT. NO. SBS / NUCLEAR RESEARCH CORP. / PHILADELPHIA.” The SM designation indicates that it contains samarium, a chemical element with the symbol Sm.
label: Description
content: The United States Atomic Energy Commission, which transferred this meter to the Smithsonian, was established in 1946 and dissolved in 1974.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Modern Physics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.N-08266
label: accession number
content: 243274
label: catalog number
content: MHI-N-8266
label: model number
content: SM-3A
label: serial number
content: 053
label: catalog number
content: N-08266
objectType: label: Object Name
content: meter, scintillation survey
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 15 1/2 in x 12 in; 8.89 cm x 39.37 cm x 30.48 cm