Jonny69's inventing laboratory: home made particle accelerator
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There's none left as it's all been nicked.
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Make a homemade crowbar while you're at it.
You can build it, but just get someone else to turn it on.
This man is a genious!
Linear particle accelerators are old school. 
What are you wanting to accelerate and what are you going to accelerate it into? Electrons -> something else or alpha particles into something else. Alpha particles are good because of their mass, but you'll need a source which probably means you'll need a radioactive sample of some kind.
What are you wanting to accelerate and what are you going to accelerate it into? Electrons -> something else or alpha particles into something else. Alpha particles are good because of their mass, but you'll need a source which probably means you'll need a radioactive sample of some kind.
I know most have beams hitting head on but what happens if particles hit at right angles, what if you could have multiple beams hitting from every angle possible, its doubtful but you might get some interesting effects, though i doubt you know it even if you did? 
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Sounds like a very cool project to try out (not to mention the cool points and hot women you'd get out of it, well, maybe not the women).
I remember doing a lot of research into building a small nuclear reactor when I was about 13-14 but decided against it due to all the potential death surrounding it.
If you do get it going then just remember not to stick your head in the beam.
I remember doing a lot of research into building a small nuclear reactor when I was about 13-14 but decided against it due to all the potential death surrounding it.
If you do get it going then just remember not to stick your head in the beam.
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build it whats the worse that could happen , you go invisible or go green when your mad ? 
Well that's a good point. It was a good friend and he did say you'd have to be really stupid to build something like that because you can't see what damage it's doing you. Plus if it does get you, the damage might not show for some time and it's irreparable. I figured since you know where you stand with fire and botched machinery I'd stick with that
I guess that's fair enough but someone in this thread has mentioned the possibility of becoming a super-hero. Surely you've got a stupid friend you could sacrifice for the sake of research to see if this would happen?
Linear particle accelerators are old school.
What are you wanting to accelerate and what are you going to accelerate it into? Electrons -> something else or alpha particles into something else. Alpha particles are good because of their mass, but you'll need a source which probably means you'll need a radioactive sample of some kind.
Do smoke detectors still have small amounts of alpha sources?
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Hm. 'Particle man' by They Might be Giants.
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Could you send me what you've got up until the point you gave up I require a trigger for another doomsday device and I think your improvised partical accellerator may come in handy!
Linear particle accelerators are old school.
What are you wanting to accelerate and what are you going to accelerate it into? Electrons -> something else or alpha particles into something else. Alpha particles are good because of their mass, but you'll need a source which probably means you'll need a radioactive sample of some kind.
Except alpha particles only penetrate a few centimeters of air, so unless you can form a vacuum that's no good.
The cathode ray tube is a good idea for a source however I can't really get my head around what you're trying to achieve here. Best you can achieve is some kind of ray gun like you said, but obviously what you're playing with is very dangerous, an electron beam is dangerous, it will burn skin or induce a charge in metallic substances which could build to a dangerous levels. CRTs also produce x-rays, which will especially dangerous if you put more than the rated voltage in.
I'd advise you microwave a CD if you want a pretty light show, building a death ray might sound like fun until someone you know actually gets killed or hurt by it.
You will also need to create a low level vacuum (nothing too intense), otherwise your particles will be stopped/interact before they hit their target.
A typical target in the early days of particle physics was a very thin sheet of gold (i.e. 1 atom thick). You would then chart the deflection of your particles and it would effectively demonstrate that an atom has a positively charged inner nucleus, lots of space (big gap) and then a negatively charged particle orbiting that nucleus.
A typical target in the early days of particle physics was a very thin sheet of gold (i.e. 1 atom thick). You would then chart the deflection of your particles and it would effectively demonstrate that an atom has a positively charged inner nucleus, lots of space (big gap) and then a negatively charged particle orbiting that nucleus.