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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1986
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0005.003

MANUFACTURER: Dalhousie University
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALUMINUM SAMPLE HOLDER WITH COPPER? WIRE & SYNTHETIC PARTS

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Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Light & electromagnetic radiation
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: University
Country: Canada
State/Province: Nova Scotia
City: Halifax

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Nova Scotia
Period: 1986 +
Canada: UNIQUE SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE DESIGNED & MADE IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITY A FEW YEARS AFTER FIRST INVENTION OF STM IN 1981. TEAM AT DALHOUSIE MADE TWO DIFFERENT STMS IN 1986 & USED THEM FOR NUMEROUS EXPERIMENTS, PARTICULARLY EXPERIMENTS RELATING TO MICROBIOLOGY.
Function: Unknown
Technical: STM, WHICH ENABLED SCIENTISTS TO SEE ATOMS, WAS INVENTED IN EARLY 1980'S BY BINNIG & ROHRER (OF IBM ZURICH), WHO WERE AWARDED 1986 NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS. THIS ONE IS 2ND OF TWO DIFFERENT & UNIQUE DEVICES DEVELOPED IN 1985-1986 IN PHYSICS DEPT. OF DALHOUSIE UNIV. THIS VERSION USED THREE IDENTICAL BIMORPH PIEZOELECTRIC DISKS AS X,Y,Z TRANSLATOR DRIVE ELEMENTS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: From CA of 11/13/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: METALLIC & BRASS COLOURED
Decoration: N/A

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