Enriched high purity germanium detectors for the LEGEND-200 experiment: purification and characterization by quadrupole and high resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)

F. Ferella; S. Nisi; M. Balata; P. Grabmayr; M. Laubenstein; B. Schwingenheuer; S. Schönert

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110904

Enriched high purity germanium detectors for the LEGEND-200 experiment: purification and characterization by quadrupole and high resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)

F. Ferella, S. Nisi, M. Balata, P. Grabmayr, M. Laubenstein, B. Schwingenheuer, S. Schönert

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LEGEND-200 (Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless ββ Decay) is a physics experiment at the Gran Sasso National Laboratories (LNGS) in Italy searching for neutrinoless double beta (0υββ) decay of ⁷⁶Ge using enriched high purity germanium (HPGe) detectors with a total mass of about 200 kg. During the production of germanium crystals, especially during the crystal cutting, a fraction of the enriched germanium remains as metal residues. To reuse these residual materials again for crystal growing, they must be efficiently purified. A special plant was built to purify and convert Ge metal to GeO₂. Quadrupole ICP-MS (Q-ICP-MS) and High Resolution ICP-MS (HR-ICP-MS) were used to characterize the starting materials, reaction and final products. The results of the analyses are presented here.

Original language	English
Article number	110904
Journal	Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Volume	200
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110904
State	Published - Oct 2023

Keywords

Germanium
Germanium oxide
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Neutrinoless double beta decay
Purification

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Ferella, F., Nisi, S., Balata, M., Grabmayr, P., Laubenstein, M., Schwingenheuer, B., & Schönert, S. (2023). Enriched high purity germanium detectors for the LEGEND-200 experiment: purification and characterization by quadrupole and high resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 200, Article 110904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110904

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Enriched high purity germanium detectors for the LEGEND-200 experiment: purification and characterization by quadrupole and high resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)

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