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New Elements: A Calcium-48 Ion Accelerated to a High Velocity

Caption: A calcium-48 ion is accelerated to a high velocity in a cyclotron and directed at an americium-243 target.

Credit: Illustration credit: Thomas Tegge, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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