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Physics 2014
Production of Gadolinium-loaded Liquid Scintillator for the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino ExperimentDOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2014.05.119 Abstract: We report on the production and characterization of liquid scintillators for the detection of electron antineutrinos by the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment. One hundred eighty-five tons of gadolinium-loaded (0.1% by mass) liquid scintillator (Gd-LS) and two hundred tons of unloaded liquid scintillator (LS) were successfully produced from a linear-alkylbenzene (LAB) solvent in six months. The scintillator properties, the production and purification systems, and the quality assurance and control (QA/QC) procedures are described.
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