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AWAN Cloud Chamber
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(left) Alpha tracks from Uranitite (right) Alpha tracks from Americium-241
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Vacuum Test of AWAN

Wednesday 8 July 2020

AWAN Cloud Chamber, Track Counts, Acquisition ID: 20200618C

NOTE: This post is a regular update on "one-day-findings" based on the experiment objectives of AWAN_AmαS_At. More of such post will be updated until data acquisition is sufficient for statistical analysis.


PARAMETERS

ACQUISITION DATE: 2020 June 18
CHAMBER: AWAN
SOURCE: 29.6 kBq (purchased 2013 July) Americium-241 button in lead collimator
TARGET: Atmospheric nuclei @ 1 atm
CONDENSANT: 99 % 2-Propanol (Isopropanol)

CAMERA: Direct photography with NIKON D5000
FOCAL LENGTH: 60 mm
F/-NUMBER, ISO: 3.5, 4000
SHUTTER SPEED: 1/100 s (10 ms)


DATA ANALYSIS

Photographs taken: 88
α-tracks registered: 2771
electron tracks registered: 13
Forked tracks: 10 (0.36 %)
Photoelectron tracks: 5
Secondary electron tracks: 8
Cosmic ray tracks: 4


GALLERY OF NOTABLE TRACKS

20200618DSC_0160C

20200618CDSC_0099

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