First encouraging experience with a new type of belt material for electrostatic accelerators

1 May 1986

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments

Vol. 57 (5) , 735-736
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1138846

Abstract

A new belt material has been tested and installed in our HVEC‐CN‐type Van de Graaff with very good results. The accelerator has been running with this belt for several months up to design voltage of 6 MV. So far no indication of deterioration of the belt has been observed.

Keywords

ELECTROSTATIC ACCELERATORS
VAN DE GRAAFF ACCELERATORS
VICKSI ACCELERATOR
HEAVY ION ACCELERATORS
OPERATION
ELECTRIC CHARGES
SCREENS
MAINTENANCE
CHARGE COLLECTION
MATERIALS
PERFORMANCE

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

Status of the VICKSI Accelerator Facility and Its Improvement by the Addition of a Tandem
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 1983