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It detects ionizing radiation in it's most basic form, a cloud chamber is a sealed environment containing supersaturated vapor of water or alcohol.

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Who invented the cloud chamber?

It is referred to as the Wilson Cloud Chamber. Maybe that will help.


How does a cloud chamber work to detect ionizing radiation?

A cloud chamber works by creating a supersaturated vapor environment, where ionizing radiation passing through the chamber causes the vapor to condense into tiny droplets, making the path of the radiation visible.


The Wilson cloud chamber is used to study?

The Wilson chamber is a particle detector used for detecting ionizing radiation.Another name is cloud chamber.


What is a Wilson Cloud Chamber?

A particle detector that is utilized for detecting ionizing radiation is called a cloud chamber or a Wilson chamber. It was invented by a physicist named Charles Thomson Rees Wilson.


What types of clouds can be made in a cloud chamber?

A cloud chamber do not actually form clouds. It is a device that is used for detecting particles of ionizing radiation.


What device did Charles Wilson invent for detecting subatomic particles?

the cloud chamber the cloud chamber


Compare and Contrast cloud and bubble chambers?

1. A cloud chamber can be used to detect alpha or beta particle radiation. A cloud chamber is filled with water or ethanol vapor. When radioactive sample is placed in the cloud the chamber gives off charged alpha or beta particles that travel through the water or ethanol vapor. -B0N3S


A device in which droplets of alcohol condenses around a radioactive substance causing it to leave a trail is called?

The device you are referring to is called a cloud chamber. It is used to observe the paths of charged particles, such as those emitted from radioactive decay, as they ionize the alcohol vapor in the chamber, producing visible tracks.


Can you use ice instead of dry ice in cloud chamber experiment?

No, you can not use ice instead of regular ice in the cloud chamber experiment. It would not react the same way. Dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide, the cloud chamber experiment relies on the sublimation of solid CO2 into gas.


What is the same and difference between a cloud chamber and a bubble chamber?

A cloud chamber can be used to detect alpha or beta particles. It is also filled with water or ethanol vapor. A bubble chamber holds super heated liquids. What do they have in common? They both leave trails.


What are the release dates for Cloud Chamber - 2013?

Cloud Chamber - 2013 was released on: Denmark: 15 September 2013 (internet) USA: 28 September 2013 (New York Film Festival)


A device in which droplets of alcohol condense around a radioactive?

This sounds like a cloud chamber, used to visualize the paths of ionizing particles. The alcohol droplets serve as nuclei around which the particles leave trails as they ionize the air inside the chamber.