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Oct. 10, 1960 - A new type of solar cell; which can convert sunlight into electricity even under intense atomic radiation, is placed in the chamber of a Van de Greaf particle accelerator to test its atomic endurance. This is part of the tests at the RCA Laboratories at Princetown. The new cell, consisting of a small disc of specially treated silicon, is mounted on a copper block and coated with white phospor

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