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Cockcroft-Walton accelerator

DEFINITIONS OF: Cockcroft-Walton accelerator

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n a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube

Synonyms:
Cockcroft and Walton accelerator, Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier, Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier
Type of:
accelerator, atom smasher, particle accelerator
a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
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