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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]]. It can provide beams of accelerated [[ion]]s of elements from [[Carbon]] to [[Uranium]] with energies up to 20 [[MeV]] / [[atomic mass unit | u]]. The UNILAC is used both to send beams of heavy ions to experiments and to load the '''SIS''' Heavy-Ion Synchrotron (Schwer-Ionen-Synchrotron) with high-energy ions.