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The Principles of Cloud-Chamber Technique

The Principles of Cloud-Chamber Technique

The Principles of Cloud-Chamber Technique

J. G. Wilson
June 2014
Available
Paperback
9781107680890
£45.00
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Paperback

    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.

    Product details

    June 2014
    Paperback
    9781107680890
    142 pages
    216 × 140 × 8 mm
    0.19kg
    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.
      Author
    • J. G. Wilson