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Title Work

Title No: 24546

Title: Neutrons and the heart of matter

Alternate Titles:

Horizons of science

Medium: Moving Image

Original Medium: Film

Date: 1960 (Release)

Original Summary:
"Dr. Donald J. Hughes, senior physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, describes the important research in atomic and nuclear physics which is under way. Shows the nuclear reactor which is a source of relatively slow-moving subatomic particles, the "fast chopper" which is a rapidly rotating shutter which breaks up a beam into short bursts of neutrons which can be measured with great precision, and the bubble chamber which gives actual pictures of collisions between the subatomic bullets and atomic nuclei in the target." - Summary from Worldcat.

Part of the Horizons of science series.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Duration: 20 min 

Genres: Educational

Subjects: Nuclear physics; Neutrons

Credits:
RoleName
Production CompanyEducational Testing Service
Production CompanyNational Science Foundation

Items x1

ItemDescription
24546-1Safety Film : Viewing print 


Contained By x1

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4819St. Louis Public Schools educational film library