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Actually, electrons can be accelerated by a cyclotron. But we usually don't do that. We could chat about what the cyclotron is and what it is used for, but there is another question (link provided) that deals with the cyclotron. So lets back up just a bit to review some physics. You already know this stuff, so no worries. Electrons are really light compared to protons. The proton is over 1800 times more massive than the electron. No wonder the atom has almost all its mass in the nucleus. Focus on the electron. Electrons have so little mass that we can accelerate them to extremely high velocities with just high voltage. An X-ray tube does this. Apply a few tens of thousands of volts to electrons and then slam then into a metal target to generate the required X-rays. Piece of cake. Ah! Slamming stuff into other stuff! That's the ticket! It's all about bustin' stuff. Bustin' atoms. But when we slam electrons into atoms, they don't really react with the nuclei as often as we'd like. Think about it. The incoming electron has to get through the electon cloud of a given atom to have a chance of interacting with its nucleus. Fat chance. Oh, it can happen, but it is a "low probability" event. Very low. And even if you could hit an atomic nucleus with an electron, so what? It'd be like hitting a brick wall with a ping pong ball. So how do we smash atomic nuclei? Use different bullets, that's how. Protons make better bullets for smashing atomic nuclei than electrons. And it's 'cause a proton is heavy. It will cut through the electron clouds of atoms in a target material like a hot knife through butter. Better, actually. Instead of slamming a ping pong ball into that brick wall, how about using something like a shot put! Bam! We don't fire up a cyclotron to accelerate electrons to do atom smashing. That's inefficient. We use protons for bullets. We can also use protons with an attached neutron, like from heavy water. And we can also use light nuclei, too. Imagine a helium nucleus. It's got two protons and two neutrons (most of the time). We can take helium and strip off the two electrons and use that nucleus (which is an alpha particle) to smash stuff! Bam! Now we're talkin' atom smasher! Bigger bullets!
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What is a syonym for slow?
Slow Down, Slow, retared
Which kind of temperature will slow down an organism decay?
It will slow down an organism's decay in freezing temperatures.
Is creep a very slow movement of a sediment down a slope?
Yes, this is true. Creep is a very slow movement of sediment down a slope.
What is special when the temperature approaches 0 degree?
Water freezes at 0 degrees centigrade. Electrons begin to slow down and finally stop moving as temperature reaches 0 degrees absolute or Kelvin/Rankin.
To slow down the loss of water a plant's body is covered with To slow down the loss of water a plant's body is covered with?
it's covered with cuticle
The of a circuit tends to slow down the movement of electrons?
The "impedance" of a circuit slows down the movement of electrons. This can be resistive, reactive or a combination of both.
Do electrons slow down?
Even light can be made to slow down by making it go through a certain (dense?) mediums. So, yes. -edit : Light doesn't slow down, the speed of light is a constant. What is observed is the increase in time for absorption and re-emittance of the photon (light) which causes the apparent slow down. As for electrons, yes I believe they can be slowed down with interactions. ### If the question deals with electrons in orbit around an atom, then the answer is NO. Not by themselves. Energy is in fact lost in chunks, called quanta. In the macroscopic world, however, these chunks are so small that when energy appears to be lost or gained continuously when in fact it is changing in immeasurably small increments. So, a satellite in orbit loses quanta and gradually slows down. At the atomic level, however, energy behaves very differently. Individual quanta are significant at this scale. An electron cannot keep continually slowing down, if it loses even one quanta it is a relatively huge change. So, at that scale the electrons do not slow down autonomously. However, they can be slowed down by interactions
Can you slow down electrons in order to store renewable energy sources?
There are two parts to this: "Can you slow down electrons" - yes, that's possible; electron transport moves at different speeds in different materials. "in order to store renewable energy sources" - that's essentially nonsense.
Special load in a circuit that slows down the flow of electrons?
Loads do not 'slow down' electron flow. They effect the magnitude of a current, not its speed!
How fast an electric current flow in a circuit?
the ability if a substance to slow down electric current
How could you slow down electron flow?
You can slow down electron flow by increasing resistance in the circuit, using resistors for example. By increasing the obstruction to electron flow, you reduce the rate at which electrons can move through the circuit. Additionally, lowering the voltage in the circuit will also slow down electron flow.
What is it called that slow the flow of electric current?
A resistor is used to slow down or limit the flow of electric current in a circuit. It does this by resisting the flow of electrons and reducing the amount of current that can pass through.
What is the ability of a substance to oppose or slow down electric current?
Insulators typically slow the movement of electrons through an electric current. Bad conductors, such as rubber, can be used to slow, stop, and/or redirect electric current.CommentInsulators do not 'slow down', 'stop', or 'redirect' current! Simply put, insulators don't have enough charge carriers to support conduction.
Why do Slow down and slow up mean the same?
I think you mean slow down and speed up. slow down =slow, speed up=fast
How do you slow down on a skeleton?
how do you slow down when competing in skeleton?
Why do cars slow down?
cars slow down because of friction and when you push the brake pedal you automatically slow down
When was Slow Down World created?
Slow Down World was created in 1975-08.
