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European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

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The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, known as the European Synchrotron, is a synchrotron light source in Grenoble, France, run as a joint research facility supported by 19 countries.

Facts
Year
1994 1
Significance
The world's first third generation synchrotron when it opened for user operation 1
Classification
Status
Operational 1
Sources
1. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility - Wikipedia
  • History, sentence 1
    Inaugurated in September 1994
  • History, sentence 2
    world's first third generation synchrotron
  • status sentence
    The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, known as the European Synchrotron, is a synchrotron light source in Grenoble, France, run as a joint research facility supported by 19 countries.
  • In Group: Synchrotron Light Sources, Introduction
    The European Synchrotron (also European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESRF) is a synchrotron light source situated in Grenoble, France.
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