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Gammacell 220 at the Naval Air Material Center

  • Circa 1958

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Eleanor Vadala, chemist, demonstrating use of the Gammacell 220, a textile chemistry machine, used in the Naval Air Material Center's Aerospace Materials Laboratory. The Gammacell 220 is a source of Cobalt-60 gamma radiation, which is commonly used to alter the physical properties of textile fibers and polymers.

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  • 10.5 in. H x 8 in. W
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  • (On verso) "10,000 Curie Co 60 Chamber for Polymer WorkBldg 76, Aeromaterials LabMiss Eleanor Vadala, ChemistApprox 1958"
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United States. Navy. “Gammacell 220 at the Naval Air Material Center,” circa 1958. Photographs from the Papers of J. Hartley Bowen, Box 1. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/3n203z18c.

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