A liquid-phase loop-mode argon purification system

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Autores principales: Vogl, Christoph, Schwarz, Mario, Krause, Patrick, Zuzel, Grzegorz, Schönert, Stefan
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Publicado: 2023
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author Vogl, Christoph
Schwarz, Mario
Krause, Patrick
Zuzel, Grzegorz
Schönert, Stefan
author_facet Vogl, Christoph
Schwarz, Mario
Krause, Patrick
Zuzel, Grzegorz
Schönert, Stefan
contents Noble gas and liquid detectors rely on high chemical purity for successful operation. While gaseous purification has emerged as a reliable method of producing high-purity noble fluids, the requirement for large mass flows drives the development of liquid-phase purification. We constructed a medium-scale liquid argon (LAr) purification system based on a copper catalyst and 4 A molecular sieve capable of purifying 1 t of commercial LAr 5.0 to a long effective triplet lifetime of $τ_3 \sim 1.3 μ$s. We further demonstrate that a quenched effective triplet lifetime of $τ_3 \sim 1 μ$s, due to contamination by air, can be recovered in loop-mode purification to $τ_3 \sim 1.3 μ$s after > 20 volume exchanges.
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spellingShingle A liquid-phase loop-mode argon purification system
Vogl, Christoph
Schwarz, Mario
Krause, Patrick
Zuzel, Grzegorz
Schönert, Stefan
Instrumentation and Detectors
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Noble gas and liquid detectors rely on high chemical purity for successful operation. While gaseous purification has emerged as a reliable method of producing high-purity noble fluids, the requirement for large mass flows drives the development of liquid-phase purification. We constructed a medium-scale liquid argon (LAr) purification system based on a copper catalyst and 4 A molecular sieve capable of purifying 1 t of commercial LAr 5.0 to a long effective triplet lifetime of $τ_3 \sim 1.3 μ$s. We further demonstrate that a quenched effective triplet lifetime of $τ_3 \sim 1 μ$s, due to contamination by air, can be recovered in loop-mode purification to $τ_3 \sim 1.3 μ$s after > 20 volume exchanges.
title A liquid-phase loop-mode argon purification system
topic Instrumentation and Detectors
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.18697