Experiments
| Title | Experiments |
| View | Carbon, 1957 1 |
| Series | III: Events |
| Description | Cone-shaped sample of carbon quickly becomes white hot as it is lowered into atomic vapor produced by a new water-stabilized arc developed at the University of Chicago. Temperature of the electric arc is over 25,000 degrees Fahrenheit, twice as hot as the surface of the sun. |
| Subject Terms | Carbon--Experiments | Scientific apparatus and instruments | Electric arcs |
| Photograph Date | 1957-03-06 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 19.0 x 24.7 cm |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf3-01046 |
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