Target module mechanical tests underway

10 April 2018

FRIB’s target module assembly is complete and it has passed first mechanical tests.

The heavy-ion beam will travel through FRIB’s linear accelerator and hit the target to create rare isotopes. The target module uses a rotating carbon target disk system inside a copper heat exchanger. 

While several mechanical tests of the target module have already been performed, preparations are now under way to test it at full power.

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