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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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| publishDate | 2023 |
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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 |