| ▲ | lukasschwab 10 hours ago | |
You won't make one at home, but cloud chambers[^1] reveal individual alpha particle tracks. There's one in the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris — blew my mind! [^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_chamber Edit: turns out people make these at home all the time. Sick! | ||
| ▲ | Yenrabbit 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
You can easily make them at home (source, I did last weekend!). - Dry ice (mine came from something shipped cold) - Dark piece of metal (I used a 3D printer hot bed) on top of dry ice to get cold - IPA vapour (I poured some on a shop towel) - Some transparent container to house it all - I found a glass display cube on the side of the road, fish tanks or Tupperware also work. - Torch or something to provide side lighting Very cool to see evidence of the particles zooming around us, can highly recommend. | ||
| ▲ | alnwlsn 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
This can be done at home with a little effort. Less effort if you can get dry ice easily. https://hackaday.com/2019/01/13/see-the-radioactive-world-wi... | ||
| ▲ | lukan 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Well, google for "DIY cloud chamber" did result in quite some entries. Apart from youtube channels, with the first entry a guide from CERN: https://home.cern/news/news/experiments/how-make-your-own-cl... | ||