Question

State any four uses of Van de Graaff generator.

Answer 1

The main use of Van de Graff generator is to produce very high-energy charged particles having energies of the order of 10 MeV. Such high-energy particles are used

1. to carry out the disintegration of nuclei of different elements,
2. to produce radioactive isotopes,
3. to study the nuclear structure,
4. to study different types of nuclear reactions,
5. accelerating electrons to sterilize food and to process materials.