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Bubble Chamber

MAY 01, 1963
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The University of Michigan has announced a program for the construction of what is expected to be the world’s largest heavy‐liquid bubble chamber. Containing freon or propane or a mixture of both, the chamber will be 40 inches in diameter and 26 inches deep. It will be surrounded by a 300‐ton magnet which will generate a field of 40 000 gauss. The entire structure will be 45 feet long and 16 feet high.

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