cloud chamber

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf particle physics experiment
gptkbp:category scientific instrument
physics experiment apparatus
gptkbp:component alcohol vapor
cold plate
sealed chamber
source of ionizing radiation
gptkbp:displayedAt science museums
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label cloud chamber
gptkbp:introducedIn 1911
gptkbp:inventedBy gptkb:Charles_Thomson_Rees_Wilson
gptkbp:NobelPrizeConnection Charles Thomson Rees Wilson won Nobel Prize in Physics 1927 for cloud chamber
gptkbp:operates condensation of vapor on ions
supersaturated vapor
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Wilson_cloud_chamber
gptkb:diffusion_cloud_chamber
gptkbp:replacedBy bubble chamber
gptkbp:requires temperature gradient
saturated vapor
gptkbp:usedFor detecting ionizing radiation
visualizing particle tracks
gptkbp:usedIn cosmic ray studies
nuclear physics
particle physics
gptkbp:visualizes gptkb:electrons
gptkb:protons
gptkb:muons
cosmic rays
alpha particles
positrons
beta particles
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:C._T._R._Wilson
gptkb:Charles_Thomson_Rees_Wilson
gptkb:Studies_of_Cosmic_Rays_with_the_Wilson_Cloud_Chamber
gptkb:Science_Storms
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5