Project Name: Working Principle of a Particle Accelerator
Project Theme: Industry
Objective: To demonstrate the working principle of a Particle Accelerator
Scientific Principle Involved: A charged particle can be accelerated when placed in a high potential difference field.
Materials Used:
1. Mosquito Swatter Racquets to generate high potential difference field.
2. Copper tape to produce a conducting path.
3. Conductive Paint over a Table Tennis Ball to make it behave as a charged particle.
Working Investigation:
1. The model investigates the working principle of a particle accelerator.
2. Particle Accelerator is often used to move sub-atomic particles using very high potential difference.
3. Such investigations are not easily available in school labs to show it visually.
4. Hence, an effort has been made to show that a charged body can actually move under the influence of high alternating potential using things available around us.
Utility and Further Scope:
1. The project has been made absolutely using the things available around us easily.
2. Students can easily make it in school labs and teachers can use it as a teaching aid.
3. The basic aim of the model is to demonstrate the working principle of a particle accelerator.
4. It can be further improved to produce a cross magnetic field so as to demonstrate the circular motion of charged particles as in a cyclotron.
Name of the School: Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi
