they use liquid helium in cyclotrons, which are large devices used to accelerate atomic nuclei. you've got some superconducting material submersed in liquid nitrogen, and neobodium magnets.
sorry, my friends and i went on a tour of the building at Michigan State that has their cyclotron in it, and this was sort of the introduction: letting us play with ceramic magnets. : )
liquid hydrogen is too cold ... they wont let kids play with it ... that and the fumes given off by liquid hydrogen is dangerous is humans unlike liquid nitrogen ...
You're right in saying Liquid Hydrogen is dangerous... It's ridiculously flammable, and burns with such a high flame temperature that it's invisible to the naked eye. It's used as rocket fuel, for example. Very dangerous!
It's also cold enough to liquify oxygen in its surroundings- which constitutes an explosion hazard.
They'd probably use liquid hydrogen in the actual cyclotron, though.
cyclotron your ass!
LimitingFactor00 1 year ago
they use liquid helium in cyclotrons, which are large devices used to accelerate atomic nuclei. you've got some superconducting material submersed in liquid nitrogen, and neobodium magnets.
kartkid100 2 years ago
why did you name this cyclotron? it's misleading because cyclotrons are a type of particle accelerator
Kiman4 4 years ago 5
sorry, my friends and i went on a tour of the building at Michigan State that has their cyclotron in it, and this was sort of the introduction: letting us play with ceramic magnets. : )
natebliton 4 years ago
how did you get your hands on it i think im going to do it for my academic fair project ?
shitirock 5 years ago
thats liquid nitrogen ...
liquid hydrogen is too cold ... they wont let kids play with it ... that and the fumes given off by liquid hydrogen is dangerous is humans unlike liquid nitrogen ...
walkingnerd 5 years ago
Good comment!
You're right in saying Liquid Hydrogen is dangerous... It's ridiculously flammable, and burns with such a high flame temperature that it's invisible to the naked eye. It's used as rocket fuel, for example. Very dangerous!
It's also cold enough to liquify oxygen in its surroundings- which constitutes an explosion hazard.
They'd probably use liquid hydrogen in the actual cyclotron, though.
BlackLiberator 3 years ago