{"id":546,"date":"2020-03-08T01:58:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T01:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/cloud-chambers\/"},"modified":"2020-03-21T15:57:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T19:57:22","slug":"tims-cloud-chamber","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/npl-home\/experiments\/tims-cloud-chamber\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim&#8217;s Wilson Cloud Chamber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Author: Tim<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are a few photos from a pulsed-style Wilson cloud chamber.  Unlike the frustrating-to-get-working dry-ice continuous cloud chambers, this worked right out of the gate.  A rapid decrease in pressure instantly reveal these alpha and beta tracks. These are just a few of the hundreds to images I have taken with this system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4256\" height=\"2832\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3808.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-822\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3808.jpg 4256w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3808-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3808-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3808-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3808-406x270.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4256px) 100vw, 4256px\" \/><figcaption>The thin tracks are from beta particle and the thicker one alpha particles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4256\" height=\"2832\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_5065.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-821\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_5065.jpg 4256w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_5065-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_5065-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_5065-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_5065-406x270.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4256px) 100vw, 4256px\" \/><figcaption>Radium watch dial hand as the source.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4256\" height=\"2832\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3611.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-818\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3611.jpg 4256w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3611-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3611-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3611-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3611-406x270.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4256px) 100vw, 4256px\" \/><figcaption>Sideways illumination<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4256\" height=\"2832\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3710.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-819\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3710.jpg 4256w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3710-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3710-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3710-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_3710-406x270.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4256px) 100vw, 4256px\" \/><figcaption>The thin skinny tracks are beta particles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4256\" height=\"2832\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_4670.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-820\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_4670.jpg 4256w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_4670-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_4670-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_4670-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.nuclearphysicslab.com\/npl\/wp-content\/uploads\/TIM_4670-406x270.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4256px) 100vw, 4256px\" \/><figcaption>Here is a photo that must have been pair production, note two opposing skinny tracks.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Tim These are a few photos from a pulsed-style Wilson cloud chamber. Unlike the frustrating-to-get-working dry-ice continuous cloud chambers, this worked right out of the gate. A rapid decrease in pressure instantly reveal these alpha and beta tracks. 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