Title

A Regenerable Filter for Liquid Argon Purification

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Mitchell Soderberg, Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
A. Curioni, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Document Type

Article

Date

3-11-2009

Language

English

Disciplines

Physics

Description/Abstract

A filter system for removing electronegative impurities from liquid argon is described. The active components of the filter are adsorbing molecular sieve and activated-copper-coated alumina granules. The system is capable of purifying liquid argon to an oxygen-equivalent impurity concentration of better than 30 parts per trillion, corresponding to an electron drift lifetime of at least 10 ms. Reduction reactions that occur at about 250 degrees Celsius allow the filter material to be regenerated in-situ through a simple procedure. In the following work we describe the filter design, performance, and regeneration process.

Additional Information

12 pages with 9 figures More information at http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.2066

Recommended Citation

Soderberg, Mitchell and Curioni, A., "A Regenerable Filter for Liquid Argon Purification" (2009). Physics - All Scholarship. 326.
https://surface.syr.edu/phy/326

Source

Harvested from Arxiv.org

Creative Commons License

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