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Hyperphysics: The Cloud Chamber
written by Carl Rod Nave
This Hyperphysics webpage contains a short description of the Wilson cloud chamber and two photographs by Wilson himself of cloud chamber tracks. Links provides information about various methods of detecting radiation and also about the muon, an elementary particle that was first detected in a cloud chamber. The text on this page is written at a level for a student of introductory physics.
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Particles/cloud.html
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Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2006 C. R. Nave
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Keywords: C. T. R. Wilson, Ionize, particle track, radiation detction
Record Creator: Metadata instance created November 25, 2008 by Logan Hancock
Record Updated: Aug 09, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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C. Nave, (2006), WWW Document, (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Particles/cloud.html).
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C. Nave, Hyperphysics: The Cloud Chamber (2006), <http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Particles/cloud.html>.
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Nave, C. (2007, November 2). Hyperphysics: The Cloud Chamber. Retrieved March 23, 2025, from http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Particles/cloud.html
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Nave, Carl Rod. Hyperphysics: The Cloud Chamber. November 2, 2007. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Particles/cloud.html (accessed 23 March 2025).
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Nave, Carl Rod. Hyperphysics: The Cloud Chamber. 2006. 2 Nov. 2007. 23 Mar. 2025 <http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Particles/cloud.html>.
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