Collins and White Operating Spectrometer

Timothy Collins (left) and F.A. White (right) operating a double magnet mass spectrometer used in discovering a new, naturally-occurring, radioactive isotope of tantalum, called Tantalum-180. The discovery of Tantalum-180 provided additional information important to the overall understanding of nuclear structure. The spectrometer, designed by F.A. White, is so sensitive that it achieves complete separation of isotopes even when one type may be more than a million times more plentiful than its neighbor., Credit Line: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Abstract/Description: Timothy Collins (left) and F.A. White (right) operating a double magnet mass spectrometer used in discovering a new, naturally-occurring, radioactive isotope of tantalum, called Tantalum-180. The discovery of Tantalum-180 provided additional information important to the overall understanding of nuclear structure. The spectrometer, designed by F.A. White, is so sensitive that it achieves complete separation of isotopes even when one type may be more than a million times more plentiful than its neighbor.
Subject(s): Laboratories
Equipment and supplies
Control boards (Electrical engineering)
Spectrometer
Nuclear physics--Research
Radioactivity
Collins, Timother Leo
White, Frederick Andrew, 1918-
Credit Line: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Catalog ID: Collins Timothy F1