High-pure zinc for growing Zn⁸²Se scintillation crystals

• Published in: Вопросы атомной науки и техники
• Date: 2020
• Main Authors: Kovtun, G.P., Shcherban, A.P., Solopikhin, D.A., Virych, V.D., Gorbenko, Yu.V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Національний науковий центр «Харківський фізико-технічний інститут» НАН України 2020
• Subjects: Pure materials and the vacuum technologies
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/194337
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: High-pure zinc for growing ZN⁸²Se scintillation crystals / G.P. Kovtun, A.P. Shcherban, D.A. Solopikhin, V.D. Virych, Yu.V. Gorbenko // Pure materials and the vacuum technologies. — 2020. — Т. 1, № 1. — С. 12-16. — Бібліогр.: 14 назв. — англ.

A process has been developed to produce high-purity granular zinc for growing Zn⁸²Se scintillation crystals designed to study the neutrinoless double beta decay (0ν2β) of the selenium isotope ⁸²Se in the CUPID-0 experiment. The chemical and isotopic compositions of high-purity zinc were studied and...