Amateur Cloud Chamber Build

I realized I still had the americium I used for a previous experiment, so I decided to do another one involving radioactivity visualization. It turned out a success, but the camera we used had difficulty capturing the final result.

The first video I uploaded for this was actually the wrong video. This one is better.

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[onthecuttingedge2005]

you have cool girlfriend!

[thecaster]

No way man, that thing was my sister. My girlfriend's coming in the mail though.

[CrashGames2108]

How can it be wrong if it feels so right?

[thecaster]

Delicious loli.

[l0gically]

The cloud chamber I remember was one I bought from Edmund Scientific. It was very simple - a clear plastic container, with the top painted black on the inside. There was a small bolt through the bottom, the tip of which was painted with a radioactive material. If I remember, all I had to do was wet the inside of the top with alcohol, affix the lid to the container, turn it upside down, and then set it on top of a piece of dry ice. It worked quite well.

[thecaster]

Sounds like it! The isotope was probably lead and worked a lot better in the chamber than mine did. Plus, there was a smaller area, so there was more alcohol per cubic centimeter!

[deathgravelgdqq]

Ggggggggg

[MeetYourMetalMaker]

Mac! There is no such thing as a perfect circle!

[thecaster]

Most likely.

[asseeninYOURDREAMS]

the % of isopropyl was probably too low..