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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 20 September 2020

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

 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: 151
α-tracks registered: 4894
Electron tracks registered: 53
Forked tracks: 37 (0.76 %)
Photoelectron tracks: 42
Secondary electron tracks: 11
Cosmic ray tracks: 30


GALLERY OF NOTABLE TRACKS


ALPHA COLLISION TRACKS

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20200619DDSC_0364

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20200619DDSC_0415

20200619DDSC_0420

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ELECTRON TRACKS

20200619DDSC_0344

20200619DDSC_0346

20200619DDSC_0358

20200619DDSC_0365

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20200619DDSC_0401

20200619DDSC_0407

20200619DDSC_0420

20200619DDSC_0442


COSMIC RAY TRACKS

20200619DDSC_0426



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