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15:12, April 30, 2009 |
On April 29, China's biggest ever large-scale scientific facility - the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) - was officially completed in Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park and opened to domestic and foreign users. The facility involves a total investment of about 1.2 billion yuan.
Hospitals use X-ray to take photos of human skeletons and blood vessels while the SSRF similarly uses ultra-strong X-ray to bring an "imaging revolution" to our understanding of the micro-world. It makes use of synchrotron radiation light, which is 100-million-fold brighter and one-million-fold stronger than light from common X-ray apparatus, to image microcosmic substances. It is regarded as an irreplaceable tool in the study of many cutting-edge subjects and is the most advanced of its kind in these subjects.
Among all 20 third-generation synchrotron radiation light sources that have been built worldwide, China's SSRF ranks fourth in terms of power, preceded only by Japan, the US and Europe.
By People's Daily Online
http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2009-04/30/content_243296.htm
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