Image: Homestake Mine tank, 1966

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When this photo inside the Homestake Mine tank was taken in 1966, Davis's mammoth neutrino trap was about half built. From the finished tank, holding 100,000 gallons of cleaning fluid, Davis hoped to isolate 10 atoms of argon each week.



Source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/neutrino/miss-02.html
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Added: 16 years ago.
Topic: Particle Physics

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