Determination of trace level thorium and uranium in high purity gadolinium sulfate using ICP-MS with solid-phase chromatographic extraction resins

Jan 3, 2018
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  • AIP Conf.Proc. 1921 (2018) 1, 030003
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  • Published: Jan 3, 2018

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Abstract: (AIP)
The Super Kamiokand-Gadolinium (SK-Gd) project is the upgrade of the Super-Kamiokande (SK) detector in order to discover Supernova Relic Neutrinos (SRNs) by loading 0.2% of Gd2(SO4)3 into a 50 kton of the SK water tank. In order to continue solar neutrino measurement with low energy threshold at ∼3.5 MeV, main radioactive contamination, U and Th in Gd2(SO4)3, should be purified before loading. We developed solid-phase extraction technique to measure low concentration of U and Th in Gd2(SO4)3 by ICP-MS. The extraction technique and current status will be presented.
  • activity report
  • energy: threshold
  • neutrino: solar
  • background: radioactivity
  • KAMIOKANDE
  • gadolinium
  • upgrade
  • uranium: nuclide
  • thorium: nuclide
  • sulfur