Detector, UV and X-ray, Electron Multiplier, Magnetic
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Bendix Corp.
- Summary
- This photon detector was developed at Bendix Research Laboratories Division. According to the Model M310 documentation, the detector was designed to be used as a UV light detector in a vacuum spectrograph. Other applications include high altitude solar radiation detection, nuclear radiation detection, satellite radiation measurements, and photon and particle counting. It can also serve as a mass spectrometer detector. This commercial unit was built for a laboratory mass spectrometer.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19950050000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Scientific
- Materials
- Anodized Aluminum
- Cardboard
- Paper
- Plastic
- Coating
- Synthetic
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Overall, in case): 5.7 × 15.6 × 3.5cm (2 1/4 × 6 1/8 × 1 3/8 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19950050000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv94a4f5ff4-5dd3-4a91-a7a5-9f3c15be07a0
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