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1918-1925
Aston's first mass spectrograph, c. 1919.
- designer:
- Francis William Aston
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Prof. F.W. Aston's original Aston Mass-Spectrograph complete with magnet
The first mass spectograph was designed by Cambridge scientist F W Aston (1877-1945). It could separate isotopes, which are chemically identical atoms with different masses. The spectograph's globe contained a compound of the material to be tested and an electric current then knocked electrons from the material's atoms. Aston worked with J J Thomson (1856-1940) to show that over 50 elements were made up of atoms of different atomic masses but the same atomic numbers.
Details
- Category:
- Nuclear Physics
- Object Number:
- 1927-1085
- Materials:
- tube: glass, magnet: copper wire and iron and table: wood
- Measurements:
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overall (including display table): 1330 x 1380 x 810 mm
- type:
- mass spectrograph
- credit:
- Prof. F.W. Aston
