AWAN Cloud Chamber, Track Counts, Acquisition ID: 20200630A

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 30
CHAMBER: AWAN
SOURCE: 29.6 kBq (purchased 2013 July) Americium-241 button in aluminium slit
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: 142
α-tracks registered: 4313
Electron tracks registered: 28
Forked tracks: 34 (0.79 %)
Photoelectron or beta tracks: 25
Secondary electron tracks: 3
Cosmic ray tracks: 20

GALLERY OF NOTABLE TRACKS

ALPHA COLLISION TRACKS

20200630ADSC_0001

20200630ADSC_0019

20200630ADSC_0021

20200630ADSC_0108

20200630ADSC_0129

ELECTRON TRACKS

20200630ADSC_0031

20200630ADSC_0039

20200630ADSC_0051

COSMIC RAY TRACKS

20200630ADSC_0134