Dr Footleg (he/him)
The cloud chamber is assembled with a proper display installed. Now testing how cold we can get the temperature plate. Nat and I will be showing this project at the #RaspberryPi Birthday this coming Saturday at #Makespace in Cambridge.
#CloudChamber
Feb 24 at 8:53pmWeb
Show threadDr Footleg (he/him)Feb 24
Lowest temperature achieved tonight.
Show threadDr Footleg (he/him)Feb 24
I couldn’t resist tweaking things a little longer and broke the -16 degrees C floor. We need to reach -23 C as I understand it for radiation detection to be possible so still some work to do on the design, but this has been fun to play with.
Show threadDr Footleg (he/him)Feb 27
In tonight’s experiment we have added an additional water block into the cooling circuit and stuck it in a jug of ice and water. #CloudChamber
Show threadDr Footleg (he/him)Feb 27
Sadly all we learned is that it melts the ice fast and doesn’t gain us lower temperatures.
Show threadExtreme ElectronicsFeb 27
@drfootleg Sounds like you need more thermal mass, or an other peltier :)
Show threadDr Footleg (he/him)Feb 27
@Extelec Another Peltier is exactly what I have planned. I just thought a quick test immersing this secondary water block in ice water would gain us something. But it could not remove heat fast enough to show any benefit.
Show threadDr Footleg (he/him)Mar 4
I've been playing with the renderer tool for my CAD model of the #CloudChamber
Show threadMichael HorneMar 4
@drfootleg That's pretty bloody good!
Show threadTryst 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇪  Feb 24
@drfootleg Are you bringing it to @emf and would you be interested in demonstrating how active one of the orphan Am-241 sources from 2024 is? I had intended to build my own cloud chamber, but if someone else has one at camp, then why not let them have all the glory?
Show threadDr Footleg (he/him)Feb 25
@tryst @emf Assuming we can get this down to the required working temperature, we will definitely be up for bringing it to EMFcamp to demonstrate.