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The Spark Chamber

It is a new device to make visible the tracks of subatomic particles. Basically it consists of a series of charged plates. When a particle passes through the plates, its path is traced by sparks between them

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 207 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “The Spark Chamber” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 207 No. 2 (), p. 36
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0862-36