April++18-19

April 18th:

Chris and I were put on a new project by Professor Kandel. As an extension of Chris' laser heating experiment, we were tasked with finding an alternative way of heating the gold sample. He suggested sending a DC current from a wire attached from one side to a wire leading away on the other side. The resistance on the gold surface itself would cause the gold to heat up. The base Au(III) samples have a resistance of about .6 ohms, which is below 1 ohm, or what Prof. Kandel think would be feasible.