Radio-Purification of Neodymium Chloride

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

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3579577· OSTI ID:21513200

Hans, S; Yeh, M; Cumming, J B; Hahn, R L ^[1]

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1. Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 (United States)

Organometallic liquid scintillator becomes one of the man detection mediums for neutrino experiment. Liquid-liquid extraction is the method of choice for loading metallic ions of interest into the organic solvents at BNL. High purity of all starting materials is essential for the optimization of synthesis. A newly developed 'self-scavenging' technique was applied to purify undesired radioisotopes from the starting metal compound and found to effectively remove thorium and such containments from the neodymium chloride for SNO+.

• OSTI ID: 21513200
• 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: 10.1063/1.3579577; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
BETA DECAY
BNL
DETECTION
IMPURITIES
IONS
LIGHT TRANSMISSION
LIQUID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
LIQUIDS
NEODYMIUM CHLORIDES
NEUTRINOS
OPTIMIZATION
ORGANIC SOLVENTS
ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
PURIFICATION
RADIOISOTOPES
SCAVENGING
SCINTILLATIONS
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
SYNTHESIS
THORIUM
ACTINIDES
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
DECAY
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
EXTRACTION
FERMIONS
FLUIDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ISOTOPES
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS
NONAQUEOUS SOLVENTS
NUCLEAR DECAY
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
RADIATION DETECTORS
RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLVENTS
TRANSMISSION
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
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