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Re: OT new Li battery?

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On a sunny day (Tue, 23 May 2017 12:06:10 -0700 (PDT)) it happened George
Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> wrote in
<10696c39-5478-46f8-beed-dc1a0e9c19c2@googlegroups.com>:

>I've always wanted to make a cloud chamber.  (But there's a whole bunch of 
>stuff I'd like to do.)  Looks like there are already several manufacturers.
>(so there's that.)
>http://www.cloudylabs.fr/wp/eng/
>https://www.phywe.com/en/diffusion-cloud-chamber-80-x-80-cm-pj-80-230-v.html#tabs5
>
>I think the big problem for me is that it's really only a demo.  
>I want to get real numbers out of something.  (Sure you can add a B-Field,
>measure curvature and figure out momentum.)  But not all that great.  
>(and you want big uniform fields)  And you need a radioactive source..
>it's harder to get those these days.  

Oh, not that hard.. 
May become easier when Trump has a go...

>And what do the students do?  What knobs can they turn?  It would be fun 
>to get it up and running, but after that I find it boring.  

Yes, after I did see some traces I went on to something else.
OTOH there is a lot of info to be found, understanding to be gained.
Your own little CERN :-)

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OT new Li battery? George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-05-23 09:25 -0700
  Re: OT new Li battery? sdy <sdeyoreo@hotmail.com> - 2017-05-23 09:33 -0700
    Re: OT new Li battery? George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-05-23 10:35 -0700
      Re: OT new Li battery? Jan Panteltje <pNa0nStpealmtje@yahoo.com> - 2017-05-23 18:08 +0000
        Re: OT new Li battery? edward.ming.lee@gmail.com - 2017-05-23 11:23 -0700
          Re: OT new Li battery? Jan Panteltje <pNa0nStpealmtje@yahoo.com> - 2017-05-23 19:46 +0000
        Re: OT new Li battery? George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-05-23 12:06 -0700
          Re: OT new Li battery? Jan Panteltje <pNa0nStpealmtje@yahoo.com> - 2017-05-23 19:43 +0000
  Re: OT new Li battery? Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2017-05-23 09:42 -0700
  Re: OT new Li battery? Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2017-05-23 12:48 -0400
    Re: OT new Li battery? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-23 15:50 -0400
      Re: OT new Li battery? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-23 15:53 -0400
        Re: OT new Li battery? Bill Martin <wwm@wwmartin.net> - 2017-05-23 15:53 -0700
        Re: OT new Li battery? krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-23 20:33 -0400
  Re: OT new Li battery? Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-05-24 09:07 +1000
  Re: OT new Li battery? Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-05-24 13:39 +1000
    Re: OT new Li battery? George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-05-24 06:22 -0700
      Re: OT new Li battery? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-24 12:25 -0400
  Re: OT new Li battery? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2017-05-25 23:40 -0800
    Re: OT new Li battery? Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-05-26 16:58 +1000
      Re: OT new Li battery? Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> - 2017-05-26 08:40 -0700
        Re: OT new Li battery? Sjouke Burry <burrynulnulfour@ppllaanneett.nnll> - 2017-05-27 01:33 +0200

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