Why Physicists Tried to Put a Ferret in a Particle Accelerator
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Why Physicists Tried to Put a Ferret in a Particle Accelerator
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#2To check if it’s ferret magnetic?
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#3What amazes me the most is that physicists managed to turn a ferret into a pig[0] and that they did it in 1971.
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#4To check if it’s ferret magnetic?
Well kind of... They used it to clean the tube using magnets.
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#7To check if it’s ferret magnetic?
That's some top tier dad joke.
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#8I cant imagine using a ferret or any animal to clean the inside of a vacuum system, let alone a scientific apparatus. These systems need to be clean and free of debris that can trap gas and water vapor or decompose and release more contaminates. Imagine if that ferret pooped and/or urinated in the middle of that 300 foot vacuum pipe. You wont be able to evacuate that pipe as those little turds will outgas and never let you reach the ultra high vacuum level needed for such experiments. Perahaps they accounted for this and used a feeding schedule to determine optimal time to let her run the pipes? It's never mentioned and another scientist developed a pigging method which instantly obsoleted the ferret.
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#9I cant imagine using a ferret or any animal to clean the inside of a vacuum system, let alone a scientific apparatus. These systems need to be clean and free of debris that can trap gas and water vapor or decompose and release more contaminates. Imagine if that ferret pooped and/or urinated in the middle of that 300 foot vacuum pipe. You wont be able to evacuate that pipe as those little turds will outgas and never l…
They mention in the article that they put a diaper on her.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well kind of... They used it to clean the tube using magnets.
Would the ferret's hair and dander nullify their cleaning efforts?
It will certainly effect the ability to evacuate the piping as the organic material will outgas. I can also decompose from heating releasing more contaminates and ruin the experiment.