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OBJECT TYPE: PARTICLE ACCELERATOR
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0514.001

MANUFACTURER: Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.
MODEL: TASCC
LOCATION: Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL TARGETS ON METAL & SYNTHETIC MOUNTS/ CARDBOARD FRONT WITH METAL? LABELS/ CARDBOARD BACKING/ METAL FRAME & HARDWARE/ GLASS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 52.0 cm
Width: 52.0 cm
Height: 3.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Atomic & nuclear
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: AECL
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Chalk River

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: TASCC WAS OPERATIONAL 1985-1997
Canada: TASCC WAS 1980S STATE-OF-THE-ART ACCELERATOR, ONE OF SERIES CONCEIVED, DESIGNED, BUILT, & OPERATED AT AECL. IT ENABLED CANADIAN SCIENTISTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR PHYSICS RESEARCH. HIGH QUALITY TARGETS WERE PRODUCED IN TASCC TARGET LABORATORY, ONLY FULL-TIME TARGET MAKING FACILITY IN CANADA.
Function: MOUNTED ACCELERATOR TARGETS, DISPLAYED AT RESEARCH FACILITY TO AUGMENT EXPLANATIONS TO VISITORS OF WORKINGS OF ITS TANDEM ACCELERATOR SUPERCONDUCTING CYCLOTRON. IN ACCELERATOR, CHARGED PARTICLES BOMBARD TARGET, RESULTING IN NUCLEAR REARRANGEMENT WHICH IS STUDIED BY PHYSICISTS.
Technical: TASCC WAS COMBINATION OF TWO ACCELERATORS - TANDEM & CYCLOTRON. TASCC OVERCAME INTERNUCLEAR REPULSION OR COULOMB BARRIER, & COULD BOMBARD ATOMS OF ANY SUBSTANCE WITH ANY OTHER ATOM, INCLUDING URANIUM ON URANIUM. IT WAS ONE OF FEW MACHINES IN WORLD TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH WITH BROAD RANGE OF HIGH-ENERGY HEAVY-ION BEAMS & ONLY ONE TO DO SO WITH TANDEM ACCELERATOR INJECTING IONS INTO SUPERCONDUCTING CYCLOMETER.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK LETTERING READING "tascc/ ACCELERATOR FOILS AND TARGETS" ON LARGE LABEL, WITH IDENTIFICATIONS FOR EACH TARGET ON INDIVIDUAL LABELS (SEE LIST IN SUPP. INFO.)
Missing: COMPLETE From CA of 05/08/2000 by Gordon Perrault: No - Complete
Finish: ROYAL BLUE BOARD WITH METALLIC GRAY LABELS, BLACK MOUNTS/ METALLIC, GREY, BLACK, WHITE TARGETS/ GOLD PAINTED BRUSHED METAL FRAME/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GLASS
Decoration: TASCC LOGO ON ONE LABEL

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Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Target sample, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0514, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1997.0514.001/

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