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OBJECT TYPE: COLOUR
DATE: 1980–1989
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0515.001

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: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER DIAGRAM/ CARDBOARD BACKING & MAT/ METAL FRAME & HARDWARE/ SYNTHETIC GLAZING

Dimensions

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

Length: 59.0 cm
Width: 51.4 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 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. TASCC WAS ONLY EQUIPMENT OF ITS TYPE IN CANADA & PRODUCED HIGHEST ENERGY ION BEAM EVER PRODUCED IN CANADA - I-27 AT 1.27 GEV.
Function: DRAWINGS DISPLAYED AT AECL NUCLEAR RESEARCH FACILITY TO PROVIDE EXPLANATIONS TO VISITORS OF TANDEM ACCELERATOR SUPERCONDUCTING CYCLOTRON. THIS EQUIPMENT WAS CAPABLE OF PROPELLING HEAVY IONS IN FOCUSSED BEAM AT SPEEDS UP TO 100,00 KM/S & DIRECTING BEAM TO ANY ONE OF NINE TARGET LOCATIONS WHERE EXPERIMENTS WERE MOUNTED.
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 "SUPERCONDUCTING CYCLOTRON"
Missing: COMPLETE From CA of 11/21/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - consists of 2 non-framed prints and 4 framed prints
Finish: MULTICOLOURED DIAGRAM ON GREY GROUND/ WHITE MAT/ COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT SYNTHETIC/ GOLD PAINTED BRUSHED METAL FRAMES
Decoration: N/A

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Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Diagram, between 1980–1989, Artifact no. 1997.0515, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0515.001/

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