A six or more billion electron volt accelerator of protons and other atomic particles. Energies of 5–6 MeV will produce X rays equivalent in energy to gamma radiation of 12–20 g of radium. Makes use of a Cockcroft-Walton transformer cascade accelerator and a tinear (q.v.) as well as an electromagnetic field in the build-up.
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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Bevatron. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_1266
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