Robert van de Graaff
Robert Jemison Van de Graaff (20 december 1901 — 16 januari 1967) was een Amerikaans natuurkundige en instrumentmaker en hoogleraar natuurkunde aan de Princeton University.
[bewerk] Publicaties
- "A 1,500,000 Volt Electrostatic Generator". Physical Review, Volume 38, 1931.
- "The Electrostatic Production of High Voltage for Nuclear Investigations". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1932.
- "Electrostatic Generators for the Acceleration of Charged Particles". Progress in Physics, Volume 11, 1948.
- "Irradiation of Biological Materials by High-Energy Roentgen Rays and Cathode Rays". Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 19, 1948.
- "Tandem Electrostatic Accelerators". Nuclear Instruments and Methods, Volume 8, 1960.
- "Electrostatic Acceleration of Very Heavy Ions, with Resulting Possibilities for Nuclear Research". Bulletin, American Physical Society, August 29, 1966.
[bewerk] Patenten
- US1991236 -- "Electrostatic Generator"
- US2922905 -- "Apparatus For Reducing Electron Loading In Positive-Ion Accelerators"
- US3187208 -- "High Voltage Electromagnetic Apparatus Having An Insulating Magnetic Core"
- US3323069 -- "High Voltage Electromagnetic Charged-Particle Accelerator Apparatus Having An Insulating Magnetic Core"
- US3239702 -- "Multi-Disk Electromagnetic Power Machinery"
- US3308323 -- "Inclined field High Voltage Vacuum Tubes"
[bewerk] Externe links en bronnen
- Wiplich, M., "Short Biography Of Robert Jemison Van de Graaff". 2001. [bnl.gov]
- Trump, J.G., Merrill, F.H., and Safford, F.J., "Van de Graaff Generator". Rev. Sci. Instrum., 9 (1938) 398
- "Biography". Munich, Tech University. (German)
- "Dr. Van de Graaff's large generator". MIT.
- "VDG for hobbyists and science fairs"
- "History of the Van de Graaff Generator". Museum of Science, Boston. 2004.
- Brenni, Paolo, "The Van de Graaff Generator -- An Electrostatic Machine for the 20th Century". Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society No. 63. 1999.
- "Van de Graaff Robert C2". Robert J. Van de Graaff explains his electrostatic generator to Karl T. Compton, MIT President, shortly after his demonstration at the APS meeting in 1931. [aip.org]
