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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

Sunday 19 July 2020

AWAN Cloud Chamber, Track Counts, Acquisition ID: 20200619A

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 19
CHAMBER: AWAN
SOURCE: 29.6 kBq (purchased 2013 July) Americium-241 button in lead collimator
TARGET: Atmospheric nuclei @ 1 atm
CONDENSANT: 60 % 2-Propanol (Isopropanol) in 40 % water

CAMERA: Direct photography with NIKON D5000
FOCAL LENGTH: 60 mm
F/-NUMBER, ISO: 3.2, 4000
SHUTTER SPEED: 1/100 s (10 ms)


DATA ANALYSIS

Photographs taken: 47
α-tracks registered: 1654
electron tracks registered: 15
Forked tracks: 18 (1.09 %)
Photoelectron tracks: 11
Secondary electron tracks: 4
Cosmic ray tracks: 9


GALLERY OF NOTABLE TRACKS

20200619ADSC_0009

20200619ADSC_0014

20200619ADSC_0028

20200619ADSC_0034

20200619ADSC_0039

20200619ADSC_0042

20200619ADSC_0043

20200619ADSC_0046


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