Bubble Chamber Safety Meeting: June 28, 1960A description is given of bubble chambers in use and those in the design stages. Safety factors in the design and operation of a bubble chamber are discussed. Data are presented on fatigue and rupture tests on glass. Data are contained on the effects of liquid helium on the tensile properties of various stainless steels. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
DESCRIPTION OF PRESENT CHAMBERS | 6 |
DISCUSSION OF SAFETY FACTORS | 9 |
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70 psi vapor alloys Argonne National Laboratory Balai Balai Balai breakage stress Brookhaven Chamber BUBBLE CHAMBER SAFETY Bureau of Standards cham CHAMBER SAFETY MEETING Chicago Chamber chromium cooled DETONATION diameter E. L. Goldwasser Expansion Fluid foot pounds Glass fragments moved glass is stressed GLASS RUPTURE half-hard and annealed hardness psi Hernandez hour period hydrogen fire hydrogen spills improvements are believed inch Indium J. M. Harrer Liquid Helium liquid hydrogen liquid nitrogen liter capacity Low Temperature meters per second microscope was unable minus molybdenum National Bureau National Laboratory HEP operating pressure Optical Glass percent plate pressure rise Propane psig R. H. Hildebrand R. H. Kropschot R. W. Thompson Ring Seal room temperature RUPTURE TESTS S. C. Wright Safety Box safety chamber safety factor samples shown in Figure silo Static Pressure tempered glass Tensile Properties tensile strength test cell University of Chicago V. P. Kenney Vacuum Chamber Vacuum Tank William Tuttle Window Failure