Construction and Test of a 10 Kv Ion Accelerator in the Faculty of Science of U.N.A.M

A low energy accelerator was constructed in the Faculty of Science of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) for atomic and molecular experiments in the energy range 1.0 - 10.0 keV. We present a general description as well as results of experiments performed by undergraduate and graduate physics students in different stages of the construction. Experiments include characterization of the velocity filter, identification of hydrogen ions and TOF spectra.