Distillation and separation of some rare isotopes and their applications

Razeti, M. (2018) Distillation and separation of some rare isotopes and their applications. Il nuovo cimento C, 41 (1-2). pp. 1-4. ISSN 1826-9885

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Abstract

We present two techniques related to the production of rare isotopes and their consequent application fields. The first is related to the Darkside Experiment that makes use of liquid argon as a sensible target for dark matter detection. In order to get an ultrapure and low radioactivity target, the argon will be purified in a 350 m tall distillation column placed in the Seruci mine in Sardinia (Aria project). Such a column will be also able to distillate rare and very valuable isotopes as 18O, 15N, 13C used, for instance, in medical diagnosis. The second is about the 3He/4He separation via an inverse osmosis process that may take place at a temperature below 1.5 K. It provides the very rare and valuable 3He isotope, used in various research fields as MRI lung screening, neutron detectors and in all the experiments in physics where a temperature below 1 K is required.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica
Depositing User: Marina Spanti
Date Deposited: 17 Nov 2020 14:46
Last Modified: 17 Nov 2020 14:46
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/20168

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