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The '''Uni'''versal '''L'''inear '''Ac'''celerator is a [[heavy ion]] [[linear particle accelerator | linac]] based at the Heavy Ion Research Centre ([[Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung|'''GSI''']]) near [[Darmstadt]], [[Germany]]. Its useIt hascan produced,provide inbeams theof pastaccelerated 20[[ion]]s years,of elements from [[unnilseptium|107Carbon]] to [[ununbium|112Uranium]] andwith theenergies creationup ofto element20 [[ununtrium|113MeV]] is/ expected[[atomic verymass soon.unit It| is a [[linearu]]. [[particle accelerator]]The thatUNILAC canis accelerateused anyboth [[atomicto nucleus|nuclei]],send including nucleibeams of heavy atoms.ions Thisto allowsexperiments itand to generateload superheavythe [[transactinides]]'''SIS''' Heavy-Ion Synchrotron (Schwer-Ionen-Synchrotron) with high-energy ions.

Collisions between heavy-ion beams and stationary targets can be made to generate superheavy [[transactinides | transactinide elements]].

However, there has been some controversy due of the lack of real practical uses for these new synthesised elements, mainly due to their short lifespans of up to 30 seconds. However, it is possible that in the future more stable isotopes of these elements will be found, and these could have practical applications.

Experiments using beams from UNILAC have produced, in the past 20 years, elements [[unnilseptium|107]] to [[ununbium|112]] and the creation of element [[ununtrium|113]] is expected very soon.

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