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| In high energy physics experiments, an absorber is a block of material used to absorb some of the energy of an incident particle. Absorbers can be made of a variety of materials, depending on the purpose; lead and liquid hydrogen are common choices. | |||
| Most absorbers are used as part of a detector.go wild cats! | |||
| A more recent use for absorbers is for ionization cooling, as in the International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment. | |||
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| In solar power, the most important part of the collector takes up the heat of the solar radiation through a medium (water + antifreeze). This is heated and circulates between the collector and the storage tank. A high degree of efficiency is achieved by using black absorbers or, even better, through selective coating. | |||
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In high energy physics experiments, an absorber is a block of material used to absorb some of the energy of an incident particle. Absorbers can be made of a variety of materials, depending on the purpose; lead and liquid hydrogen are common choices.
Most absorbers are used as part of a detector.go wild cats!
A more recent use for absorbers is for ionization cooling, as in the International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment.
 | This particle physics–related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
In solar power, the most important part of the collector takes up the heat of the solar radiation through a medium (water + antifreeze). This is heated and circulates between the collector and the storage tank. A high degree of efficiency is achieved by using black absorbers or, even better, through selective coating.
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