{"id":12474,"date":"2015-04-30T05:22:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T12:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/?p=12474"},"modified":"2015-04-30T14:36:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T21:36:37","slug":"how-to-build-a-cloud-chamber-to-detect-cosmic-rays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/30\/how-to-build-a-cloud-chamber-to-detect-cosmic-rays\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Build a Cloud Chamber to Detect Cosmic Rays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, I have no idea how to build a cloud chamber, I&#8217;m just a theorist. But Samatha here can help you out (and be much more charming than I would be in the process).<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"How to make a Cloud Chamber (Cosmic Ray Detector)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL__qbYvZ-Op4M\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_qbYvZ-Op4M\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_qbYvZ-Op4M\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M55S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2015-04-09T04:05:05Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte__qbYvZ-Op4M\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_qbYvZ-Op4M\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">How to make a Cloud Chamber (Cosmic Ray Detector)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_qbYvZ-Op4M\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/_qbYvZ-Op4M\/0.jpg\" alt=\"How to make a Cloud Chamber (Cosmic Ray Detector)\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Samatha shows how to build a Cloud Chamber (simple, elegant, &amp; inexpensive Cosmic Ray Detector) at home and detects cosmic ray muons\/electrons, alpha(\ud835\udec2) particles. ***Safety &amp; Precautions: THIS EXPERIMENT SHOULD ONLY BE PERFORMED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF AN ADULT. 1) Handling dry-ice with out proper gloves is very dangerous. Always use insulated gloves when handling dry ice. It is highly recommended that all dry ice handling should be done by an adult. 2) Wear safety goggles when you are using isotropy alcohol. 3) Wearing an insulated apron is highly recommended all through the experiment. For those who are interested to build cloud chamber at home, step-by-step instructions are here: http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/How-to-make-a-Cloud-Chamber-Cosmic-Ray-Detector\/\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, I have no idea how to build a cloud chamber, I&#8217;m just a theorist. But Samatha here can help you out (and be much more charming than I would be in the process).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12474"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12476,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12474\/revisions\/12476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}