What experiment involved using chlorine to detect neutrinos?
Homestake Experiment
CERN Collider
Stanford Linear
Tevatron
Answer
The Homestake Experiment was a pioneering investigation that utilized chlorine to detect the presence of elusive subatomic particles known as neutrinos. Conducted in the Homestake Gold Mine in South Dakota, USA, the experiment aimed to observe the rare interactions between neutrinos and chlorine atoms, whereby a neutrino could transform a chlorine atom into a radioactive argon atom.
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