EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2014)
Purification of molybdenum oxide, growth and characterization of medium size zinc molybdate crystals for the LUMINEU program
- Shlegel V.N.,
- Berge L.,
- Boiko R.S.,
- Chapellier M.,
- Chernyak D.M.,
- Coron N.,
- Danevich F.A.,
- Decourt R.,
- Degoda V.Ya.,
- Devoyon L.,
- Drillien A.,
- Dumoulin L.,
- Enss C.,
- Fleischmann A.,
- Gastaldo L.,
- Giuliani A.,
- Gros M.,
- Herve S.,
- Ivanov I.M.,
- Kobychev V.V.,
- Kogut Ya.P.,
- Koskas F.,
- Loidl M.,
- Magnier P.,
- Makarov E.P.,
- Mancuso M.,
- de Marcillac P.,
- Marnieros S.,
- Marrache-Kikuchi C.,
- Nasonov S.G.,
- Navick X.F.,
- Nones C.,
- Olivieri E.,
- Paul B.,
- Penichot Y.,
- Pessina G.,
- Plantevin O.,
- Poda D.V.,
- Redon T.,
- Rodrigues M.,
- Strazzer O.,
- Tenconi M.,
- Torres L.,
- Tretyak V.I.,
- Vasiliev Ya.V.,
- Velazquez M.,
- Viraphong O.,
- Zhdankov V.N.
Affiliations
- Shlegel V.N.
- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- Berge L.
- Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière
- Boiko R.S.
- Institute for Nuclear Research, MSP
- Chapellier M.
- Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière
- Chernyak D.M.
- Coron N.
- IAS
- Danevich F.A.
- Institute for Nuclear Research, MSP
- Decourt R.
- CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, ICMCB
- Degoda V.Ya.
- Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, MSP
- Devoyon L.
- CEA-Saclay
- Drillien A.
- Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière
- Dumoulin L.
- Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière
- Enss C.
- Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Heidelberg
- Fleischmann A.
- Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Heidelberg
- Gastaldo L.
- Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Heidelberg
- Giuliani A.
- Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière
- Gros M.
- CEA-Saclay
- Herve S.
- CEA-Saclay
- Ivanov I.M.
- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- Kobychev V.V.
- Institute for Nuclear Research, MSP
- Kogut Ya.P.
- Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, MSP
- Koskas F.
- CEA-Saclay
- Loidl M.
- CEA-Saclay
- Magnier P.
- CEA-Saclay
- Makarov E.P.
- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- Mancuso M.
- de Marcillac P.
- IAS
- Marnieros S.
- Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière
- Marrache-Kikuchi C.
- Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière
- Nasonov S.G.
- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- Navick X.F.
- CEA-Saclay
- Nones C.
- CEA-Saclay
- Olivieri E.
- Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière
- Paul B.
- CEA-Saclay
- Penichot Y.
- CEA-Saclay
- Pessina G.
- Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università di Milano-Bicocca e Sezione di Milano Bicocca dell’INFN
- Plantevin O.
- Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière
- Poda D.V.
- Redon T.
- IAS
- Rodrigues M.
- CEA-Saclay
- Strazzer O.
- CEA-Saclay
- Tenconi M.
- Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière
- Torres L.
- IAS
- Tretyak V.I.
- Institute for Nuclear Research, MSP
- Vasiliev Ya.V.
- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- Velazquez M.
- CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, ICMCB
- Viraphong O.
- CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, ICMCB
- Zhdankov V.N.
- CML Ltd.
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136503001
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 65
p. 03001
Abstract
The LUMINEU program aims at performing a pilot experiment on neutrinoless double beta decay of 100Mo using radiopure ZnMoO4 crystals operated as scintillating bolometers. Growth of high quality radiopure crystals is a complex task, since there are no commercially available molybdenum compounds with the required levels of purity and radioactive contamination. This paper discusses approaches to purify molybdenum and synthesize compound for high quality radiopure ZnMoO4 crystal growth. A combination of a double sublimation (with addition of zinc molybdate) with subsequent recrystallization in aqueous solutions (using zinc molybdate as a collector) was used. Zinc molybdate crystals up to 1.5 kg were grown by the low-thermal-gradient Czochralski technique, their optical, luminescent, diamagnetic, thermal and bolometric properties were tested.
