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Eleanor Vadala with 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, at 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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  • (On verso) "10,000 Curie Co 60 Chamber for Polymer WorkBldg 76, Aeromaterials LabMiss Eleanor Vadala, ChemistApprox 1958"
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  • Box 1

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United States. Navy. “Eleanor Vadala with 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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