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liquid-hydrogen bubble chamber

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liquid-hydrogen bubble chamber [′lik·wəd ¦hī·drə·jən ′bəb·əl ‚chām·bər]
(nucleonics)
A bubble chamber in which the active liquid is hydrogen; particularly useful in research on elementary particles produced in high-energy interactions, because the hydrogen provides a dense target of protons.


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