Re: Teaching Material - Cloud Chamber

["Spell, Bill" <bills@deq.state.la.us>]

You haven't been to the Bible belt lately, have you John?  We also have a 
bit of 1st class gambling in some of the Bible belt, I'm told.  But yes, I 
can remember having bourbon prescribed for my wife by the doctor, taking it 
downstairs to the pharmacy, having the pharmacist say, "I'll be back in a 
few minutes."  After 15 or 20 minutes, the prescription was filled, complete 
with label on the bottle, thanks to the local bootlegger.  <GRIN>  But that 
was in 1958, and this is now.

Bill Spell
bills@deq.state.la.us
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From: radsafe
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Teaching Material - Cloud Chamber
Date: Friday, October 11, 1996 6:53PM

>Denatured alcohol from the hardware store (isopropyl is not volatile 
enough)
>methyl alcohol or ethyl alcohol if available, but denatured works

Bacardi makes a denatured alcohol solution -- denatured with water, 25%.
Or, failing that, any of a host of flavors of pure grain alcohol, 95%
ethanol, 5% water (some have called it tincture of water, to keep it from
prying palates) would be effective for this use.  For a comprehensive list
of local vendors, look in your yellow pages under Liquor, Retail.

Your mileage will vary by county ordinances, esp. in bible-belt states.

John

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