Aston's first mass spectrograph, c. 1919.
- designer:
- Francis William Aston
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LicenseGlass discharge tube for original mass spectrograph by F. W. Aston. Three quarter view. White background
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Glass discharge tube for original mass spectrograph by F. W. Aston. Three quarter view. White background
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Professor FW Aston's original Aston Mass-Spectrograph complete with magnet. The first mass spectograph was designed by
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Professor FW Aston's original Aston Mass-Spectrograph complete with magnet. The first mass spectograph was designed by
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Professor FW Aston's original Aston Mass-Spectrograph complete with magnet. The first mass spectograph was designed by
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
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:
- magnet: copper wire and iron, table: wood and tube: glass
- Measurements:
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overall (including display table): 1330 x 1380 x 810 mm
- type:
- mass spectrograph
- taxonomy:
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- furnishing and equipment
- measuring device - instrument
- mass spectroscope
- credit:
- Prof. F.W. Aston
