Prototype Hydrogen Bubble Chamber

Made:
1955-1960
Prototype Hydrogen Bubble Chamber

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Prototype Hydrogen Bubble Chamber
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Prototype Hydrogen Bubble Chamber, made of brass with glass end windows, Thorn EMI Central Research Laboratories Limited, Hayes, Middlesex, England, 1955-1960

Details

Category:
Nuclear Physics
Object Number:
1995-287
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass
Measurements:
overall: 90 mm x 220 mm x 103 mm, 0.9kg
type:
bubble chamber
credit:
Imperial College of Science & Technology (Dept. of Physics)

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