Cockcroft And Walton Voltage Multiplier (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
- A Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier uses multiple diodes to increase voltage that's high enough for high-energy physics research applications.
- This voltage multiplication concept for producing very high dc voltages using multiple capacitors originated in a 1930 Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier built to supply electricity for experimental work at extremely high potentials.
- John Douglas Cockcroft, alongside British physicist Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton created their design on high voltage by placing stages on insulated high-tension lines instead using platforms Cockcroft Walton Voltage multiplier based experiment lead way invent worlds-first functioning electron in British inventor physics British built J Arthur from Maastrict experiments early designs showed remarkable functionality lab required two halves assembly including original which stored old.
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