Re: Radioactivity and Polaroid film

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1 total messages Started by Lowell Herr Sun, 10 Apr 1994 23:16

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Author: Lowell Herr
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 23:16

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If I recall, there is an experiment similar to what you describe near the
end of the Introductory Physical Science (IPS) course.

Lowell

Project PHYSLab
The Catlin Gabel School
Portland, OR 97225

On Fri, 8 Apr 1994, Charles Robertson wrote:

> I got a call  this morning from a local physics teacher who
> was looking for information about a radioactivity experiment
> using Polaroid film.
> It seems that the idea is to place a small lab source near
> the unexposed film, and let the source make the exposure.
> I've asked around the Physics department, and no one really
> remembers what to do when.  They all remember something like
> this a long time ago, but don't have any procedure short of
> "just try it until it works"
>   anybody got a better idea?
> Thanks
> C.W. Robertson           robertso@twsuvm
> Wichita State University

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