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Cloud Chamber

Supersaturated water/methanol mixture provides the clouds. Most of what you're looking at is background particles. We also used a couple needle sources (Pb-210 and Sr-90). More info at our website:...  
 
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starcrossedlurve (8 months ago) Show Hide
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The little jets of white stuff are subatomic particles right?
BraedonR (4 months ago) Show Hide
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They're trails of gas charged particles leave behind. The particles are mostly muons which are leptons, like electrons. They're created in the upper atmosphere when high energy EMR (Cosmc Rays) collides with molecules of atmospheric gas. They aren't being created by radioactive decay, as there's no radioactive source present.
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talahkaluka (1 year ago) Show Hide
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wow awesome XD
mediumpimpn (2 years ago) Show Hide
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What are the little jets of white vapor shooting everywhere?
Livewacker (1 year ago) Show Hide
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Radioactive decay, the biggest ones(lines) are mostly alpha particles, but other particles can also be detected.
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that's not radioactive decay those are cosmic particles
LOLDISNEYLAND (10 months ago) Show Hide
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and most interestingly, you are an idiot on a science video
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that's only ur opinion.
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great video!

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