Separate display vacuum chamber for McMillan synchrotron
name: label: maker
content: McMillan, E. M.
notes: label: Description
content: Object N-09261.02 is a separate circular vacuum chamber with its associated accessories that were mounted on a wall in the "Atom Smashers" exhibition. This object itself is essentially identical to the vacuum chamber that is an integral subpart of the McMillan synchrotron assembly proper N-09261.01.
label: Description
content: Object N-09261.02 consists of an assembly of the following major subparts, most of which were separated during dismantling after the Atom Smashers exhibition closed:
label: Description
content: 8 separate circular sectors;
label: Description
content: 2 "milk bottles" for evacuation ports ;
label: Description
content: electron gun assembly;
label: Description
content: target assembly with adjusting mechanism;
label: Description
content: synchrotron light port assembly;
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content: RF coaxial power input assembly.
label: Description
content: (See curator's notes for details.)
label: Description
content: For background on the McMillan Synchrotron, see descrption for object ID no. N-09621.01
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Modern Physics
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content: Energy & Power
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Modern Physics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.N-09261.02
label: catalog number
content: N-09261.02
label: accession number
content: 269226
objectType: label: Object Name
content: vacuum chamber, McMillan Synchrotron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal; ceramic; plastic; glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 cm x 2.25 m; 7 7/8 in x 7 3/8 ft