Cockcroft And Walton Accelerator (Noun)
Meaning
A high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The Cockcroft-Walton accelerator was used to accelerate protons to a kinetic energy of 710 keV in the first nuclear disintegration experiment.
- In 1932, John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton used their Cockcroft-Walton accelerator to demonstrate the first nuclear disintegration of an atomic nucleus.
- A Cockcroft-Walton accelerator consists of a high-voltage power supply, a rectifier, and an accelerating tube that produces a high-energy beam of charged particles.
- The Cockcroft-Walton accelerator is an electrostatic particle accelerator that uses a series of electrodes to accelerate charged particles to high speeds.
- Cockcroft-Walton accelerators are still used today in various applications, including cancer treatment and materials analysis.
Synonyms
- Cockcroft-Walton Voltage Multiplier
- Cockcroft And Walton Voltage Multiplier
- Cockcroft-Walton Accelerator