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particle detector

DEFINITIONS OF: particle detector

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n a chamber in which particles can be made visible

Types:
bubble chamber
an instrument that records the tracks of ionizing particles
Wilson cloud chamber, cloud chamber
apparatus that detects the path of high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor; each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
spark chamber, spark counter
an instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles
Type of:
chamber
a natural or artificial enclosed space
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