Japan is
with yet another huge achievement for all of us. It has brought a gold chamber
that contains water so pure that it can dissolve metal, and is helping scientists
to detect dying stars. This golden chamber is a 15-storey building which is
buried under a mountain in Japan. Hidden 1,000 meters under the Mount Ikeno in
Japan, it is a Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector. These neutrinos are
subatomic particles which are capable of travelling through space and could
also pass through solid matter. By studying these particles, scientists are
able to study dying stars. And this approach has made scientists to have a
closer approach to the universe. This detector is full of water that is
so-called “extra pure” that it can dissolve metals in it. it is so pure that it
can even leach out nutrients from one’s hair strand. This works on the
principle that a matter possesses absolutely no obstacle to a neutrino. One of the
three scientists involved in this physics experiment said that a neutrino can
pass through a hundred light-years of steel without its speed coming down.
This
golden chamber is lined with 11,000 golden colored bulbs which are incredibly
sensitive to light- detectors and are called as Photo Multipliers Tubes. These
bulbs are the inverse of a light bulb. When simply put, they will be able to
detect the even minimal amount of lights and convert into electric current
which can later be observed. Now the question arises, how is that water in it
so pure? Well, the answer to this question is that in order to reach the light
to reach the sensors, the water has to be cleaner. Therefore the
Super-Kamiokande or generally referred to as “super- K” constantly filters and
re-purifies it and also blasts it with UV light which eventually kills off any
bacteria if at all present.
The golden chamber with the purest form of water which can drain out nutrient out of hairs
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