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US scientists shatter high-power uranium beam record, unlock new isotopes
These include a specialized Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion source to produce the uranium ions, a unique heavy-ion ...
Niobium-tin magnet could be key to unlocking potential of heavy-ion accelerator
"A key component of FRIB is an electron cyclotron resonance ion source, or ECRIS, which creates high-current, high-charge ...
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Lawrence invents the cyclotron
With a larger magnet, Lawrence's team was able to produce 80,000 electron volts in 1931, and later the same year, with a 25 cm cyclotron, 1 million electron volts. Cyclotrons got successively ...