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Extraction methods in development of Gd-loaded liquid scintillators for detection of low-energy antineutrino: 1. gadolinium extraction with carboxylic acids

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A comparison was made of the properties of solvents meeting the requirements posed on Gd-loaded organic liquid scintillators (transparency, light output, compatibility with the structural materials of the detector). The optical properties of the solvents were examined in relation to various factors (purity of the initial reagents, concentrations of Gd and scintillation additives). Extraction of Gd with C4 C8 carboxylic acids was examined. The composition of the extractable Gd complexes with 2-methylvaleric and 2-ethylhexanoic acids, GdR3·3HR·mH2O (where m = 1–2, depending on the solvents used), was determined. The solubility of water in 2-ethylhexanoic and 2-methylvaleric acids was examined. Scintillators based on Gd 2-methylvalerates have better parameters than those based on the other carboxylic acids tested. The instability of the optical properties of the Gd carboxylate solutions is presumably due to the presence of water in the scintillator. Possible methods of water removal from the organic phase were discussed.

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  1. Frumkin Institite of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    N. A. Danilov, A. Yu. Tsivadze, Yu. S. Krylov & G. V. Kostikova

  2. Institute of Nuclear Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    I. R. Barabanov, L. B. Bezrukov, G. Ya. Novikova, E. A. Yanovich & N. P. Nesterova

  3. Gran Sasso National Laboratory, National Institute of Nuclear Physics, L’Aquila, Italy

    C. Cattadori & A. Di Vacri

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Original Russian Text © N.A. Danilov, A.Yu. Tsivadze, Yu.S. Krylov, G.V. Kostikova, I.R. Barabanov, L.B. Bezrukov, G.Ya. Novikova, E.A. Yanovich, N.P. Nesterova, C. Cattadori, A.Di Vacri, 2007, published in Radiokhimiya, 2007, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 248–254.

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Danilov, N.A., Tsivadze, A.Y., Krylov, Y.S. et al. Extraction methods in development of Gd-loaded liquid scintillators for detection of low-energy antineutrino: 1. gadolinium extraction with carboxylic acids. Radiochemistry 49, 281–288 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1066362207030137

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