By acquiring and utilizing the knowledge of engineering, practical, and theoretical physics, to construct a model of a safe cyclotron accelerator for physics students to be utilized in demonstrations, and to inspire interest in future physics students.
Materials
Theory and Practice
Testing and design
Safety
What tools are required?
Where and how is it possible to acquire these tools and materials?
How will they be acquired?
What is the purpose of my product?
What is the availability status of there materials in turkey?
What is the suitable audience for my product?
IB physics students, curious students.
What determines the success of the product?
Whether or not the product actually function safely and efficiently
How will the product be tested for success?
What will the rubric containt
How safe is the demonstration/product?
Radiation emitted
Voltage
How do I insure that the project is safe?
What will the risk assessment containt?
What skills will I require for the theory of the project?
Background in nuclear physics
Knowledge of beam formation
Expreince in electrodynamics
Who will allow me to acquire this knowledge?
Particle scatter
What skills do I require in terms of practical construction of the product.
Construction of frames and suspension for the base of the product
Wiring and producing circuit diagrams for the electric schematics of the product
How to prepare the materials for construction (eg. cutting the copper pipes, suspending the electromagnets)
How to generate electrons with a hot cathode ray tube
How to focus the beam of electrons with electromagnets
How to safely decelerate the beam
What lengths and proportions do the copper pipes need to be?
How to generate HV radio frequency
Will a vacuum be required?
How to suspend the copper pipes?
How to properly connect the electrical works in order to avoid overload
How to measure and create effective proportions and design an actual model
How to isolate the cathode ray tube
What are the distances required for the right interaction of electromagnetic fields
How do I create an effective to scale design of product
Who can grant me this knowlege
How will I present the product to my audience effectively?
I will produce digital designs with certain software
Lead
What software will I utilize?
Who will instruct me to help create the designs?
What materials are required?
Where is it possible to acquire them
What criteria will the product be measured against for success.
Who is the professional to talk to about safety?