SLAC Electron Linear Accelerator Section
date: label: Date made
content: 1966
name: label: manufacturer
content: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
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content: Medicine and Science: Modern Physics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Stanford University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0177.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0177
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0177.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: linear accelerator, slac
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum; steel; copper; silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (girder material)
label: Physical Description
content: copper; silver (accelerator structure material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (support columns material)
label: Measurements
content: girder: 600 cm x 64 cm; 236 7/32 in x 25 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: support columns: 98 cm x 22 cm x 23 cm; 38 19/32 in x 8 21/32 in x 9 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: beam tube: 300 cm x 12 cm; 118 1/8 in x 4 23/32 in
label: Measurements
content: cooling & waveguide pipes, etc.: 53 cm x 300 cm x 57 cm; 20 7/8 in x 118 1/8 in x 22 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall (approx.): 2 m x 5.5 m x 65 cm; 6 9/16 ft x 18 1/32 ft x 25 19/32 in