0
Is a particle accelerator used to accelerate particles at high speeds until the particles fuse together and create a new elements?
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Not exactly.
Accelerate particles to high speeds: yes.
Create new elements: it is not new elements, but new particles that are created.
Fuse together: this is not so much about particles fusing together; rather, the new particles are created from the energy of the impact. Remember that every energy has a mass equivalent. For example, the LHC is planned to increase its energy to 6.5 TeV per beam, meaning that two particles - two protons for example - will collide at a combined energy of 13 TeV. This corresponds to a mass of about 14,000 protons. This makes it possible to create new particles, including particles that are quite massive.
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Does a particle accelerator used to accelerate particles at high speeds until the particles fuse together and create a new element?
A particle accelerator used to accelerate particles at high speeds will not fuse together and create a new element. The particle accelerator uses electromagnetic fields to move charged particles and contain them in well defined beams.
Synthetic elements are produced in nuclear reactors and also by using?
Particle accelerator
To make most synthetic elements scientist use machines called?
particle accelerator
Is it possible to get more speed then light to the particle with accelerator?
No. The more energy the accelerator can give the particle, the closer the particle can approach to the speed of light, but it can never reach exactly that speed.
What is technical name for the Atom smasher?
A Particle Accelerator.
Does a particle accelerator used to accelerate particles at high speeds until the particles fuse together and create a new element?
A particle accelerator used to accelerate particles at high speeds will not fuse together and create a new element. The particle accelerator uses electromagnetic fields to move charged particles and contain them in well defined beams.
The main purpose of a particle accelerator is to?
accelerate charged particles to high energy
What is siclotron?
A cyclotron is a type of a particle accelerator in which charged particles accelerate outwards from the center along the spiral path.
How do particle accelerators help in performing artificial transmutations?
Sometimes artificial transmutations will not occur unless bombarding particles are moving at extremely high speeds, and since a particle accelerator can accelerate a particles speed very close to the speed of light, then you would have to use a particle accelerator to make the transmutation happen.
What is the name of machine used for making subatomic particles move faster?
Particle accelerator
Does a particle need to have an electrical charge to be used in a particle accelerator?
Yes, a particle used in a particle accelerator must have a charge to be useful in the device. Particle accelerators we use in high energy physics to investigate things all work by applying a moving or shifting magnetic field to accelerate charged particles. We speed these particles up by repeatedly "hitting" them with a magnetic field. Uncharged particles will not respond to this, and canot be used in the devices.
What does a particle accelerator do to atoms?
Nothing unless the atoms form a target. A PARTICLE accelerator accelerates PARTICLES not atoms.
Is a particle accelerator used to provide charged particles with sufficient kinetic energy to penetrate a nucleus?
yes it is a particle accelerator ;D
Describes how transuranic elements are produced?
Transuranic elements (elements with a greater atomic no.>92) are produced by the bombardment of large nuclei with neutrons in a nuclear reactor and other small particles (ie. beta and alpha particles) in a particle accelerator.
Are particle accelerators the same as super colliders?
Sort of. Particle accelerators are anything that take particles (usually electrons or protons) and accelerate them to high speeds. Super colliders are really powerful particle accelerators along with a bunch of equipment to measure what happens when the particles collide. So when someone talks about a particle accelerator, they're usually talking about colliders. But there are lots of things that are particle accelerators that aren't colliders. The old CRT computer monitors (heavy ones that are about as deep as they are wide) accelerate electrons and shoot them into the glass plate in front to make light, so there's a particle accelerator inside.
Why do scientists use particle accelerator?
Einstein proved that energy and mass were equivalent (Energy = Mass times the velocity of light squared). In a particle accelerator energy is applied to accelerate particles to almost the velocity of light. When this fast moving particles impact another (going in the opposite direction or a target) the energy carried by the particle is converted into mass. New matter (particles) are briefly created and the scientists try and detect these so as to understand the fundamental properties of the universe.
What is a particle accelerator and how is it used?
A particle accelerator is a device that accelerates sub-atomic particles to create a nuclear reaction. It is also called an Atom Smasher
