Penning cold-cathode ion source head for carbon
date: label: Date made
content: 1971
name: label: manufacturer
content: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
notes: label: Description
content: Copper shell with attached water cooling tubing.
label: Description
content: Specimen heavily used, not sandblasted, shows extensive corrosion around exit slot. Word "CARBON" in capitals inscribed on outside of shell indicates its use for carbon ion beams
label: Description
content: Demonstrates cold cathode wear.
label: Description
content: ED Hudson, ML Mallory and SW Mosko, "High Performance Heavy Ion Source For Cyclotrons," "ORNL-TM-3391" (May 1971)
label: Description
content: Used with Oak Ridge 63-in. cyclotron (see object ID no. 1977.0359.41).
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: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0359.17
label: accession number
content: 1977.0359
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0359.17
label: collector/donor number
content: 76S6 type #7
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cyclotron Ion Source Head
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal; copper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 cm x 5 cm x 10 cm; 6 5/16 in x 1 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in