Highly Purified Silicon (IMAGE)

Princeton University, Engineering School

Highly Purified Silicon

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The highly purified sample of silicon-28 used in the experiment led by Lyon has a very low magnetic signature at the atomic level, and therefore does not disrupt the spin of the electrons.

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Photo by John Jameson, Princeton University

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