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On the Lighter Side => Science Experiments => Topic started by: 85211 on 13/07/2013 10:22:18

Title: Homemade Mini Particle Accelerator
Post by: 85211 on 13/07/2013 10:22:18

Hello everyone, I would like to build a particle accelerator, and the only thing I have to go on is a linear accelerator, or linac, and a cascade tube accelerator, which a diagram of can be found here:(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1143.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn626%2FSednaboy%2F11226650-86B9-4834-9660-41F7E36A9BC3-148-000000118D944C31.jpg&hash=866fcd2e18fe93d1a379b5315565b49c)whatever I do, linac or cascade tube, I need to know where to start. More information can be found at [Link Removed] under particle physics, and if you reply, please reply on that forum and this one as I am not sure which I will check regularly.

Title: Re: Homemade Mini Particle Accelerator
Post by: CliffordK on 15/07/2013 07:57:11

In a sense, any CRT TV or computer monitor is a mini particle accelerator.  And, of course, electron microscopes.  It all depends on your ultimate goals.

Title: Re: Homemade Mini Particle Accelerator
Post by: RD on 15/07/2013 18:25:24

Quote from: CliffordK on 15/07/2013 07:57:11

In a sense, any CRT TV or computer monitor is a mini particle accelerator ...

Don't those things give off X-rays ... http://hackaday.com/2012/07/12/building-a-crt-and-bathing-yourself-in-x-rays/

Title: Re: Homemade Mini Particle Accelerator
Post by: 85211 on 16/07/2013 23:24:08

Does a CRT create 1.02 MeV of energy? Sorry for not stating this earlier, but I am hoping to use this for creating positrons which i would like to do experiments with in cloud chambers.