Session
2023 poster session
Location
Weber State University
Start Date
5-8-2023 10:00 AM
Description
In this experiment, as a student in an advanced lab at Weber State University an opportunity was given to verify whether making cases of different materials in a 3D printer will have the same amount of muon counts as an Aluminum case. The material used in the 3D printer consists of a non-glow in the dark material and a glow in the dark material. These cases were made in a Lego brick shape and are a little bigger than a typical Aluminum muon detector case. The experiment is also taken with one muon detector board for each separate event experiment. The radiation sources Ra D/E (Beta), Co-60 (Gamma), and Th-230 (Alpha) were used in this experiment to determine the effects as they are each placed on top of each separate case. The 3D non glow in the dark print case had more events than that of a typical Aluminum or 3D Glow in the dark casing except for in the Co-60 (Gamma) radiation experiment as the Aluminum case had more events. This experiment also showed how the glow in the dark case had less counts all together in every experiment.
Cosmic Watch Muon Detector Case Builds and Radiation Event Counts
Weber State University
In this experiment, as a student in an advanced lab at Weber State University an opportunity was given to verify whether making cases of different materials in a 3D printer will have the same amount of muon counts as an Aluminum case. The material used in the 3D printer consists of a non-glow in the dark material and a glow in the dark material. These cases were made in a Lego brick shape and are a little bigger than a typical Aluminum muon detector case. The experiment is also taken with one muon detector board for each separate event experiment. The radiation sources Ra D/E (Beta), Co-60 (Gamma), and Th-230 (Alpha) were used in this experiment to determine the effects as they are each placed on top of each separate case. The 3D non glow in the dark print case had more events than that of a typical Aluminum or 3D Glow in the dark casing except for in the Co-60 (Gamma) radiation experiment as the Aluminum case had more events. This experiment also showed how the glow in the dark case had less counts all together in every experiment.