Uranium in a cloud chamber: observing the process of radiation emission & decaypic.twitter.com/VohhlGpvt3
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It's really cool when they launch at funky angles. Is that due to quantum uncertainty?
the funky angles are most likely due to the jagged shape of the material radiating
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There are some streams that aren't even pointing in the general direction of the chunk, though (eg. far left at very beginning). Would that still hold?
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you mean the one nearly vertical? i'm not sure what caused that, but am very doubtful that it's quantum uncertainty .. perhaps someone with more knowledge of potential flaws in the designs of cloud chambers could be of assistance
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I would have thought the angles are random due to the random nature of the decay. I doubt the shape of the material would make much difference.
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