calutron
/kəˈluːtrɒn
/noun
A device that uses large electromagnets to separate uranium isotopes from uranium ore, developed in the 1940s to produce highly enriched weapons-grade uranium.The invention is an ion source assembly for calutrons utilizing high vapor pressure elements....
- When his previous calutrons were discovered and destroyed, they hadn't even been finished.
- These were fed into calutrons for research purposes.
Origin
From Cal(ifornia) U(niversity) (cyclo)tron.
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