In this episode, Sheldon and Dr. Linkletter are struggling with a prototype for a solar neutrino detector. They need to suspend a small sphere within a liquid scintillator, but the adhesive they used keeps dissolving in the mineral oil. Meemaw (Connie) solves the engineering problem by using her to create a delicate web of nylon thread to hold the sphere in place without a messy adhesive. Key Episode Details: Title: "A Box of Treasure and the Meemaw of Science". Original Air Date: April 1, 2021.
Real physicists note that:
refers to a high-vacuum pump system – specifically a turbo-molecular pump (or a similar high-vacuum apparatus) that Sheldon needs to achieve an ultra-low pressure environment for his black hole experiment. young sheldon s04e12 vp3