Lamp, UV Corona

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Object Details

Manufacturer

Naval Research Laboratory

Summary

This is a BS-212 Anton counter shell converted to a UV corona lamp. This was used during the 1950's for field checking the sensitivity of UV detectors used in Naval Research Laboratory programs. 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.

Credit Line

Transferred from the Naval Research Laboratory

Inventory Number

A19880008000

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

INSTRUMENTS-Test

Materials

Steel Alloy

Non-Magnetic White Metal Alloy

Ceramic

Glass

Unknown Plating

Unknown Sealant

Dimensions

3-D: 7.1 × 1cm (2 13/16 × 3/8 in.)

Country of Origin

United States of America

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Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93232d237-e548-4fa5-a708-91cb9e640b97

Record ID

nasm_A19880008000