[–] l-emmerdeur 0 points 15 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago (edited ago)
That little box uses special atmospheric conditions so that the alpha particles 'shooting' off of the mass of uranium force some water vapor in said box to condensate in their wake.
The streaks are, in a simple sense, the wakes left by the 'radioactivity' shooting off of that little rock.
[–] WakkoWarner 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That is very interesting, thank you. One question, why the cold bottom? Isn't a warm top sufficient to make alcohol evaporate? Can you substitute dry ice with normal ice or Peltier cells?
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[–] KyJoCaThe2nd 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
The thing with this one is it's 100% harmless if you keep it outside your body, with regards to the radiation. Throw it hard enough and it can do some harm, I suppose...
[–] Nwabudike_Morgan ago
I was confused for a moment, I thought I was going to see a submarine.
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[–] KyJoCaThe2nd ago
When you twist the dragon's tail, sometimes you get fire. Honestly, we need to fully divest from the uranium fuel cycle, but too many people are far too interesting in fully killing nuclear power generation for a real attempt at more advanced reactors to be had.
[–] l-emmerdeur 1 point 11 points 12 points (+12|-1) ago
There's so much to physics that you'll have to just accept that you'll never get that satisfying visualization of.
But when you do get one it's titties.
[–] BigCheeze 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
It would be titties if one day we have the ability to observe every frequency with our own eyes in real time. An off/on switch to this ability is key tho otherwise it would be, no-titties. And no one wants to live in a no-titties world.
[–] 9-11 [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
there is this in the meantime until we develop the cybernetic implant eye augmentation chip
[–] tame ago
If you want a satisfying visualisation of the physical behaviour of a lump of adipose tissue contained in a thin sheet of taut elastic material, it's definitely titties.