Van de Graaff generator
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A Van de Graaff generator is an electrostatic generator which uses a moving belt to accumulate electric charge on a hollow metal globe on the top of an insulated column, creating very high electric po
Small Van de Graaff generator for science education
200 kV replica of the 1929 Van de Graaff machine
A Van de Graaff particle accelerator in a pressurized tank at Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris
Spark made by the Van de Graaff generator at The Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts
Westinghouse Atom Smasher
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The Westinghouse Atom Smasher was a 5-million-volt Van de Graaff electrostatic nuclear accelerator operated by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation at their Research Laboratories in Forest Hills, Pen
Van de Graaff generator
…second patent in December 1931, which was assigned to Research Corporation. In 1937, the Westinghouse Electric company built a 65 ft (20 m) machine, the Westinghouse Atom Smasher capable of generating 5 MeV in Forest Hills, Pennsylvania. It marked the beginning of nuclear research for civilian applications. It was decommissioned…
The Atom Smasher on May 9, 2010, before the 2015 demolition
A view of the atom smasher in the 1930s or 1940s, when it was operational
The Atom Smasher in 2022, dislodged from its supports