Water purification in Borexino

Journal Article · Thu Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4818110· OSTI ID:22218183

Giammarchi, M. ^[1]; Balata, M.; Ioannucci, L.; Nisi, S. ^[2]; Goretti, A.; Ianni, A. ^[3]; Miramonti, L. ^[4]

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1. Infn Milano (Italy)
2. Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (Italy)
3. Princeton University (United States)
4. Dip. di Fisica dell'Università di Milano e Infn (Italy)

Astroparticle Physics and Underground experiments searching for rare nuclear events, need high purity materials to act as detectors or detector shielding. Water has the advantage of being cheap, dense and easily available. Most of all, water can be purified to the goal of obatining a high level of radiopurity. Water Purification can be achieved by means of a combination of processes, including filtration, reverse osmosis, deionization and gas stripping. The Water Purification System for the Borexino experiment, will be described together with its main performances.

• OSTI ID: 22218183
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1549, Issue 1; Conference: LRT 2013: 4. international workshop on low radioactivity techniques, Assergi (Italy), 10-12 Apr 2013; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FILTRATION
IMPURITIES
MULTIPARTICLE SPECTROMETERS
OSMOSIS
PURIFICATION
RADIATION DETECTION
SENSITIVITY
SHIELDING
SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS
UNDERGROUND
WATER
WATER TREATMENT