Collins and White Operating Spectrometer
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. |
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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 |
Title: | Collins and White Operating Spectrometer. |
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Type of Resource: | still image | |
Extent: | 1 photographic print (black and white; 7 x 9.5 inches) | |
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. | |
Identifier(s): | Collins Timothy F1 (Catalog ID) | |
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Credit Line: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives |
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Subject(s): |
Laboratories Equipment and supplies Control boards (Electrical engineering) Spectrometer Nuclear physics--Research Radioactivity Collins, Timother Leo White, Frederick Andrew, 1918- |
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Held by: | Niels Bohr Library & Archives | |
Copyright Holder: | National Archives and Records Administration | |
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Emilio Segrè Visual Archives General Collection. https://libserv.aip.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100006~!4022~!0&ri=3&menu=search&source=~!horizon |
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