The Principles of Cloud-Chamber Technique
- Author: J. G. Wilson
- Date Published: June 2014
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107680890
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Originally published in 1951 as part of the Cambridge Monographs on Physics series, this book examines the potential of the cloud chamber as an instrument of precise measurement. Wilson includes guidance on how to interpret cloud chamber photographs and basic principles of operation. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of science and the post-war study of radiation.
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- Date Published: June 2014
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107680890
- length: 142 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 8 mm
- weight: 0.19kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Author's preface
1. The condensation and growth of drops
2. Ionization in cloud tracks
3. The production and maintenance of supersaturation
4. Operation and photography
5. Counter control
6. The technique of precision measurements
7. Interpretation of cloud-chamber photographs
References
Index.
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