Cyclotron [noun]
Definition of Cyclotron:
atom smasher
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Opposite/Antonyms of Cyclotron:
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Sentence/Example of Cyclotron:
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.
The answer to this question, among others, is being sought by physicists using the 184-inch cyclotron.
What the regenerator does is perturb the magnetic field of the cyclotron at one radial position.
However, Professor Lawrence hoped to reach 100 Mev with the new 184-inch cyclotron.
This tuned circuit, which is called the cyclotron resonator, is shown in Fig. 6.
Construction on the rest of the cyclotron was resumed in 1945.