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Hello, ASTC Hive-Mind:

A colleague who, I gather, is planning to build a cyclotron, inquired  
whether we might be able to identify sources for the following:

1) An inexpensive vacuum pump that is able to attain a vacuum  
pressure of at least 10^-4 torr.
We need a vacuum pump that is capable of attaining a pressure of at  
least 10^-4 torr, we need a single pump and a diffusion pump in  
conjunction with a roughing vacuum pump. What type and model of pump  
is irrelevant, as long as it can maintain the necessary pressure.

2) Laboratory grade soft iron in the dimensions of as close as  
possible to 52 cm X 11 cm X 11 cm.
This is for the electromagnet core.

3) 160 lbs (72.5 kg) AWG 14 (or lower) enameled magnet wire.

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I am relieved to note that she is not inquiring after high speed  
centrifuges.  If you have any ideas about where she might locate the  
above, please contact me offlist.



Eric Siegel
Director and
Chief Content Officer
New York Hall of Science
www.nyscience.org
(718) 699-0005 x 317
esiegel at nyscience dot org





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