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Question: Sir, you talked about mini particle detectors called spark chambers which you told can be easily made. How to make it? Is it simple enough for me to make?
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Asked by rajathjackson to David on 24 Jun 2013.Question: Sir, you talked about mini particle detectors called spark chambers which you told can be easily made. How to make it? Is it simple enough for me to make?
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Jack commented on :
I still personally think that cloud chambers are even more easy to make than spark chambers.
You just need a slab of dry ice, some propanol, a clear plastic box and a bright torch. I’d have gone with this for your project David! http://www.lns.cornell.edu/~adf4/cloud.html
David commented on :
True, but cloud chambers aren’t of any serious scientific use any more. Spark chambers still are.
Jack commented on :
I’m really not sure your idea is practical David. There are a lot of regulations surrounding the safety of electrical equipment in schools, and I’m pretty sure that exposed copper plates with a 1 kV potential difference across them violates most of them. If you win you might get *one or two* spark chambers built, with some luck though! I think that you could make cloud chambers much more easily, however.