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OBJECT TYPE: RADIATION/ABSORBED DOSE
DATE: 1992
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.0967.001

MANUFACTURER: Thomson & Nielsen Electronics Ltd.
MODEL: TN-BI0-01
LOCATION: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 100
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: DELRIN (ACETAL) HOUSING. SYNTHETICS & METAL ON CIRCUIT BOARD. SIVLER OXIDE BATTERY

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 33.0 cm
Width: 25.0 cm
Height: 14.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Research
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Thomson Nielsen
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Ottawa

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: USED 1992.12.29-1993.01.10 ON BIOSATELLITE-10
Canada: THOMSON & NIELSEN ELECTRONICS LTD. WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1984. THE CO. IS KNOWN INTERNATIONALLY FOR ITS RADIATION DETECTION & MONITORING EQ. THIS UNIT WAS DEV'D & MFD. IN OTTAWA & CONTAINS SEMI-CONDUCTOR CHIPS MFD. AT CARLETON UNIVERSITY.
Function: TO MEASURE ABSORBED RADIATION DOSE INCIDENT UPON AN OBJECT, SPECIFICALLY ON SPACECRAFT
Technical: TN DOSIMETER TECHNOLOGY UNIQUE (1993-94) BECAUSE IT COULD PROVIDE DIRECT READINGS OF RADIATION LEVELS. THIS UNIT WAS MOUNTED EXTERNALLY TO A RUSSIAN BIOLOGICAL SATELLITE: THE MOSFET DOSIMETERS, UNDER THIN SHIELDING, WERE USED TO MEASURE ABSORBED RADIATION DOSE INCIDENT UPON SPACECRAFT MATERIALS. THE VESSEL HOUSING 950967 AND OTHER EQ. FAILED TO CLOSE PROPERLY ON RE-ENTRY. THIS UNIT WAS NOT SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BY THE HIGH TEMPERATURES & DID COLLECT USEFUL DATA ON DEGRADATION DUE TO RADIATION/ NB: VELCRO STRIP ON CASING APPLIED BY TN AFTER BI0N-10 USE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: CIRCUIT BOARD BEARS NUMEROUS MARKINGS, INCLUDING: 'THOMSON & NIELSEN MADE IN CANADA' AND '130-42 AUG 92'/ 'TS/TECH-2' STAMPED INTO ONE END OF CASING. DECAL APPLIED TO ONE SIDE OF CASING READS: 'Burned Out on Reentry'/ DECAL APPLIED TO UNDERSIDE OF CASING READS: 'MODEL TN-BI0-01/ SERIAL NO. 0100/ DOSIMETRY PRODUCTS/ MANUFACTURED BY/ THOMSON & NIELSEN ELECTRONICS LTD./ OTTAWA, CANADA/ CAN. PATENT #1,204,885/ U.S. PATENT #4,678,916'/ PT CASE BEARS LABEL: '[TN LOGO]/ 1050Baxter Road/ Ottawa, Ontario Canada/ K2C 3P1/ TEL: (613) 596-4563/ FAX: (613) 596-5243/ THOMSON & NIELSEN ELECTRONICS LTD.'
Missing: CASING COVER. SAID BY DONOR TO BE COMPLETE
Finish: WHITE OPAQUE HOUSING. GREEN CIRCUIT BOARD. TRANSPARENT CASE PT HAS BLACK PEBBLE-TEXTURED EXTERIOR: GREY EGG-CRATE STYLE FOAM LINING
Decoration: N/A

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