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| Description | Cesium, the "heart" of the National Bureau of Standards' atomic clock, is contained in a capsule before being put in the "oven" that will vaporize it into a beam of atoms. The atomic clock counts the vibrations of these cesium atoms, an incredible 9,192,631,770 per second. | |||
| Source | National Institute of Standards and Technology | |||
| Author | National Institute of Standards and Technology | |||
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This image is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States Federal Government, specifically an employee of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
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