| 释义 |
calutron Physics. orig. U.S.|ˈkæljʊtrɒn|
[f. California University cyclotron.]
(See quots.)
1945H. de W. Smyth Atomic Energy xi. 187 The ‘calutron’ mass separator. Ibid. 189 The 37-inch cyclotron was dismantled..and its magnet was used to produce the magnetic field required in what came to be called a ‘calutron’. 1946Ann. Reg. 1945 355 An electromagnetic method [of separating 2 isotopes] using a magnetic separator, called a calutron, first constructed from the California University cyclotron. 1956Nature 28 Jan. 157/1 The calutrons which are now used for enrichment of the isotopes of all the elements. |