RCL Mark 1 Model 45 GM Tube  (late 1940s, early 1950s)

This is an example of a Mark 1 Model 45 gas analysis GM tube manufactured by Radiation Counter Laboratories of Chicago Illinois.   It probably dates from the late 1940s or early 1950s.

It seems to be a version of the Mark 1 Model 3 end window GM that has been modified for counting low energy beta emitters in gas samples. The two tubes on the top of the unit would carry the gas to and from the small chamber situated over the detector's end window. 

Size: 4 1/2" long (not including tubes) 2" in diameter (max)

Fill Gas: helium with ethyl acetate quench

Operating Voltage: 1250 - 1300 volts

Cathode: aquadag coating on inside of glass wall.

Window Thickness:  ca.  1.5 to 4 mg/cm²  

Reference

AEC Radiation Instrument Catalog No. 3, page date July 1, 1952 

AEC Radiation Instrument Catalog, page date November 1, 1949 (Mark 1 Model 3)

Donated by the Ron Kathren

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