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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

Hypernyms

  • Particle Accelerator
  • Atom Smasher
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