In humid air, the drop in temperature in the most rarefied portion of the shock wave can bring the air temperature below its dew point, at which moisture condenses to form a visible cloud of …

Mar 5, 2024 · In the mid-1890s, Charles Wilson invented an apparatus called the cloud chamber. Originally designed to create small clouds and study optical phenomena, it was soon discovered …

In a diffusion chamber, a simpler and continuously sensitive cloud chamber, the saturated vapour is cooled to supersaturation as it diffuses into a region kept cold by a coolant such as solid carbon …

Gamma rays did not produce a visible track since they produce very few ions in air. The Wilson cloud chamber led to the discovery of recoil electrons from x-ray and gamma ray collisions, the …

Cloud chambers are devices used to visualise particles of ionising radiation. This radiation originates in decay of radioactive materials. However, particles of ionising radiation are very small and move …

A Wilson cloud chamber is a simple yet powerful device for detecting ionizing radiation, named after Scottish physicist Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, who developed the first version in 1911.

Cloud chambers are used to show the tracks of radioactive particles rather than to measure the intensity of the radiation. There are two types of cloud chamber: the expansion type and the …

Having studied meteorology and the formation of water droplets that make clouds, he started his research on cloud formation in 1894. He made a chamber filled with water and air where the …

The cloud chamber, also known as the Wilson chamber, is used for detecting particles of ionizing radiation. In its most basic form, a cloud chamber is a sealed environment containing a …

These droplets are visible as a “cloud” track that persist for several seconds while the droplets fall through the vapor. The condensation of the vapor on these nuclei allows visual identification of …