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cyclotron
noun as in particle accelerator
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They acquired some old scintillators from a lab in Hamburg, leftover particle detectors from Los Alamos National Laboratory, and radiation-blocking iron slabs first used in a cyclotron at Columbia University in the 1950s.
Element 43 was "made" for the first time as a result of bombarding molybdenum with deuterons in the Berkeley cyclotron.
Finally they strike a target inserted into their path or are extracted from the cyclotron for use as an external beam.
The number of revolutions that an ion can make in a conventional cyclotron is limited to about 70 to 100.
Before attempting to discuss this principle, we should first review the operation of a conventional cyclotron.
Ions above the midplane of the cyclotron are directed downward; those below the midplane are directed upward.
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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cyclotron, such as: accelerator, atomic accelerator, atomic cannon, linear accelerator, and synchrotron.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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