World's largest acrylic sphere to be completed in Jiangmen
By CANG WEI and PENG CHAO |
chinadaily.com.cn |
Updated: 2024-06-07 19:57
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According to him, the acrylic sphere is composed of 263 large spherical panels, each with a thickness of 120 millimeters.
Tang said the installation work of the acrylic sphere has entered the final stage, and 50 workers from his company will ensure the installation be completed by the end of July.
The observatory, located 700 meters underground in Jiangmen, Guangdong province, will be used to capture and analyze neutrinos, which are tiny, near-massless particles that travel near the speed of light.
The facility consists of a stainless steel shell spanning 41 meters in diameter, an acrylic sphere measuring 35.4 meters in diameter, 20,000 metric tons of liquid scintillator and 45,000 photomultiplier tubes.
