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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

Saturday 24 October 2020

AWAN Cloud Chamber, Track Counts, Acquisition ID: 20200630B & 20200630C

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: 100 + 68
α-tracks registered: 3736 + 2627
Electron tracks registered: 26 + 11
Forked tracks: 17 + 11 (0.46 % + 0.42 %)
Photoelectron or beta tracks: 22 + 10
Secondary electron tracks: 4 + 1
Cosmic ray tracks: 14 + 8


GALLERY OF NOTABLE TRACKS


ALPHA COLLISION TRACKS

20200630BDSC_0151

20200630BDSC_0160

20200630BDSC_0163

20200630BDSC_0229

20200630BDSC_0230

20200630CDSC_0266

20200630CDSC_0283

20200630CDSC_0291


ELECTRON TRACKS

20200630BDSC_0184

20200630BDSC_0191

20200630BDSC_0211

20200630BDSC_0212

20200630BDSC_0222

20200630BDSC_0232

20200630BDSC_0242

20200630CDSC_0286


COSMIC RAY TRACKS

20200630BDSC_0165

20200630BDSC_0191

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