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Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility rather than just read about it. In short: The Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) (Chinese: 上海同步辐射光源) is a synchrotron-radiation light source facility in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Located in an eighteen-hectare campus at Shanghai National Synchrotron Radiation Centre, on the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in the Pudong district.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

The Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) (Chinese: 上海同步辐射光源) is a synchrotron-radiation light source facility in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Located in an eighteen-hectare campus at Shanghai National Synchrotron Radiation Centre, on the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in the Pudong district. SSRF is operated by the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP). The facility became operational in 2009, reaching full energy operation in Dec 2012. When it opened, it was China's costliest single science facility. The facility "has played a key role in revealing the inner mechanism of various cancers."

Construction It has a circumference of 432 metres, and is designed to operate at 3.5 GeV, the highest energy of any synchrotron other than the Big Three facilities SPring-8 in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, ESRF in Grenoble, France and APS at Argonne National labs, United States. It will initially have eight beamlines. The particle accelerator cost 1.2 billion yuan (US$176 million). It is China's biggest light facility. It is located under a building with a futuristic snail-shaped roof. The synchrotron opened to universities, scientific institutes and companies for approved research in May 2009.

Dec. 2004 – Sept. 2006: Building construction Jun. 2005 – Mar. 2008: Accelerator equipment and components manufacture and assembly Dec. 2005 – Dec. 2008: Beamline construction and assembly Apr. 2007 – Jul. 2007: Linac commissioning Oct. 2007 – Mar. 2008: Booster commissioning Apr. 2008 – Oct. 2008: Storage ring commissioning Nov. 2008 – Mar. 2009: ID Beamline commissioning Apr. 2009: The SSRF operation begins

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility

In research: Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Accelerator physics stubs, Synchrotron radiation facilities, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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