Laboratory Studies of Lead Removal from Liquid Scintillator in Preparation for KamLAND's Low Background Phase

Journal Article · Wed Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3579578· OSTI ID:21513201

Keefer, Gregory ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)

The removal of Radon induced Lead from liquid scintillator was extensively studied in preparation for KamLAND's low background phase. This work presents the results from laboratory experiments performed at the University of Alabama and their implications for KamLAND and future low background experiments using carbon based liquid scintillator. It was observed that distillation was the most effective purification procedure and that one must consider a non-polar and non-ionic component of Lead in order to reach the levels of radio-purity required for these new class of ultra-low background experiments.

• OSTI ID: 21513201
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1338, Issue 1; Conference: LRT-2010: Topical workshop on low radioactivity techniques, Sudbury (Canada), 28-29 Aug 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3579578; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

37 INORGANIC
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ADSORPTION
CARBON
CRYSTALS
DISTILLATION
IMPURITIES
ISOTOPES
LEAD
LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
PHOSPHORS
PURIFICATION
RADON
REMOVAL
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GASES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
NONMETALS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RARE GASES
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SORPTION