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US scientists shatter high-power uranium beam record, unlock new isotopes | A uranium beam striking a target undergoes fragmentation or fission, producing a range of rare, unstable isotopes with different numbers of neutrons.
FRIB scientists achieve a record-breaking 10.4 kilowatts of continuous beam power with uranium, leading to the discovery of 3 new isotopes.
This breakthrough is highly relevant in current scenarios when researchers worldwide require a uranium primary beam to study rare isotopes. This produces a wide array of rare isotopes, which are unstable versions of elements with varying numbers of neutrons. Besides, “researchers developed new techniques to set up the simultaneous acceleration of three charge states of uranium after stripping with liquid-lithium film.
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