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What machine did Oliphant initiate the design and construction of at the Australian National University (ANU)?

  • The world's largest homopolar generator

  • A nuclear reactor

  • A cyclotron

  • A particle accelerator

Answer

The world's largest homopolar generator was built at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra in the 1950s by Marcus Oliphant, an Australian nuclear physicist. The machine was designed to generate a high-voltage direct current by rotating a copper disc in a magnetic field. The generator was used to power experiments in particle physics and materials science, and was decommissioned in the 1990s.
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