Table 2.
Measured activities of radioactive isotopes in the selected cryostat and TPC materials for XENONnT as well as the cleaning agents used during assembly. Measured values are given with uncertainties, and upper limits are set at 95% C.L. The facility, sample mass, and lifetime are provided for each measurement (as applicable). Samples 18–20 are the averaged results from measurements of different sets of 10-15 PMTs fitting into the germanium spectrometer at once
| Sample | Component | Manufacturer | Facility | Mass [kg] | Livetime [d] | Units | U | U | Ra | Ra (Th) | Th | K | Co | Cs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stainless Steel (304) | ||||||||||||||
| 0 | Bell/Vessel | Nironit | GeMPI | 7.8 | 11.7 | mBq/kg | 13(7) | 0.7(3) | 0.3(1) | 0.6(2) | 0.5(1) | 1.6(6) | 2.4(2) | |
| 0 | Bell/Vessel | Nironit | ICP-MS | – | – | mBq/kg | 3.7(6) | – | – | 0.10(8) | – | – | – | – |
| 1 | Bell/Vessel | Nironit | GeMPI | 7.8 | 57.1 | mBq/kg | 4(2) | 1.3(1) | 0.9(1) | 0.57(6) | 1.4(2) | 0.61(5) | 0.03(2) | |
| 1 | Bell/Vessel | Nironit | ICP-MS | – | – | mBq/kg | 8.6(4) | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2 | Bell/Vessel/Electrodes | Nironit | GeMPI | 8.4 | 27.5 | mBq/kg | 0.6(1) | 0.4(1) | 0.4(1) | 0.4(1) | ||||
| 2 | Bell/Vessel/Electrodes | Nironit | ICP-MS | – | – | mBq/kg | 2.5(3) | – | – | 0.4(2) | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Welding Rods (Vessel) | Nironit | GeMPI | 2.6 | 30.6 | mBq/kg | 3.1(3) | 2.9(4) | 11.4(7) | 7(1) | 1.6(2) | |||
| Oxygen-free high-conductivity copper | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Field Shaping Rings | Luvata | Gator | 71.7 | 32.5 | mBq/kg | 0.18(5) | 0.45(14) | 0.03(1) | |||||
| 4 | Field Shaping Rings | Luvata | ICP-MS | – | – | mBq/kg | 0.03(1) | – | – | 0.010(4) | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | Guard Rings | Niemet | GeMPI | 56.5 | 42.1 | mBq/kg | 0.13(3) | 0.6(2) | 0.05(1) | |||||
| 6 | Wires | - | GeMSE | 12 | – | mBq/kg | – | 0.55(2) | 0.43(3) | |||||
| 7 | Array Support Plate | Niemet | GeMSE | 93.4 | 35.6 | mBq/kg | – | 0.08(1) | ||||||
| 7 | Array Support Plate | Niemet | ICP-MS | – | – | mBq/kg | 0.0014(4) | – | – | 0.004(1) | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Array Support Pillar | Luvata | GeMPI | 57.3 | 26.2 | mBq/kg | 0.10(2) | |||||||
| Plastics | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | PTFE Reflectors | Amsler and Frey | GeMPI | 15.4 | 25.0 | mBq/kg | 0.11(4) | 8(1) | – | |||||
| 9 | PTFE Reflectors | Amsler and Frey | ICP-MS | – | – | mBq/kg | – | – | 0.05(2) | – | – | – | – | |
| 10 | PTFE Reflectors | Amsler and Frey | GeMPI | 25.0 | 19.7 | mBq/kg | 0.15(3) | 0.08(3) | – | |||||
| 10 | PTFE Reflectors | Amsler and Frey | ICP-MS | – | – | mBq/kg | 0.15(7) | – | – | 0.03(2) | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | PTFE Pillars | Amsler and Frey | GeMPI | 15.1 | 45.0 | mBq/kg | 0.04(1) | – | ||||||
| 11 | PTFE Pillars | Amsler and Frey | ICP-MS | – | – | mBq/kg | 0.26(9) | – | – | 0.10(2) | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | PTFE PMT Holders | Amsler and Frey | GeMSE | 18.2 | 19.9 | mBq/kg | – | |||||||
| 13 | PTFE PMT Holders | Amsler and Frey | ICP-MS | – | – | mBq/kg | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 14 | Torlon Reflectors | Drake Plastics | ICP-MS | – | – | mBq/kg | 1.8(5) | – | – | 0.2(1) | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Torlon Reflectors | Drake Plastics | ICP-MS | – | – | mBq/kg | 2.2(6) | – | – | 0.4(1) | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | PEEK Array Spacers | Spalinger | ICP-MS | – | – | mBq/kg | 0.4(1) | – | – | 0.12(3) | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | PEEK Screws | Solidspot | GeMPI | 0.27 | 23.1 | mBq/kg | 10(1) | 7(1) | 6(1) | 30(10) | – | |||
| Photosensors and components | ||||||||||||||
| 18 | R11410 PMTs (average 180 PMTs) | Hamamatsu | Gator | – | – | mBq/PMT | 9(2) | 0.4(1) | 0.47(2) | 0.47(7) | 0.46(2) | 14.2(5) | 1.05(3) | |
| 19 | R11410 PMTs (average 60 PMTs) | Hamamatsu | GeMPI | – | – | mBq/PMT | 14(7) | 0.5(1) | 0.52(4) | 0.6(1) | 0.45(5) | 18.6(9) | 1.27(6) | |
| 20 | R11410 PMTs (average 99 PMTs) | Hamamatsu | GeMSE | – | – | mBq/PMT | 6.5(3) | – | 0.32(4) | 0.33(5) | 0.19(1) | 11.1(4) | 0.71(3) | |
| 21 | Ceramic Stem | Hamamatsu | GeMPI | 1.5 | 20.7 | mBq/kg | 2.7(5) | 0.13(2) | 0.29(2) | 0.17(2) | 0.12(1) | 2.7(3) | ||
| 22 | Ceramic Stem | Hamamatsu | GeMPI | 1.6 | 22.8 | mBq/kg | 3.4(5) | 0.12(2) | 0.22(1) | 0.20(2) | 0.07(1) | 0.13(2) | ||
| 23 | Bases/components | Fralock/various | GeMSE | 1.9 | 7.0 | mBq/piece | 1.5(1) | – | 0.7(3) | 0.14(1) | 0.053(3) | 0.29(5) | ||
| 24 | HV Connectors/PTFE/Copper | Accu-Glass/custom | GeMSE | 1.0 | 27.5 | Bq/piece | – | 140(90) | 50(10) | |||||
| 25 | Coaxial Cables | Huber and Suhner | GeMPI | 1.5 | 22.6 | mBq/kg | 2.4(5) | 1.4(5) | 40(8) | |||||
| 26 | Kapton Cables | Accu-glass | GeMPI | 0.1 | 29.3 | mBq/kg | 8(2) | 110(30) | ||||||
| 27 | Optical Fiber | Ratioplast | ICP-MS | – | – | mBq/kg | 7(3) | – | – | 7(2) | – | 340(90) | – | – |
| Miscellaneous | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | M5 Screws (Ag), TPC | U-C Components | GeMPI | 0.5 | 27.6 | mBq/kg | 3(1) | 3.3(6) | 12(3) | 53(4) | ||||
| 29 | M6 Screws (Ag), TPC | U-C Components | GeMPI | 1.0 | 23.9 | mBq/kg | 2.7(7) | 18(5) | 6.7(7) | |||||
| 30 | M8 Screws (Ag), TPC | U-C Components | GeMPI | 0.9 | 22.8 | mBq/kg | 50(20) | 2.0(5) | 3.4(8) | 3.9(6) | 13(3) | 52(4) | ||
| 31 | M8 Screws (Ag), Bell | ALCA | GeMPI | 1.2 | 21.6 | mBq/kg | 0.8(3) | 2.0(5) | 7.6(6) | 5(2) | 4.9(4) | |||
| 32 | SMD Resistors | OHMITE | GeDSG | 0.01 | 6.9 | Bq/piece | 110(50) | 2.3(5) | 29(2) | 13(2) | 15(1) | 60(10) | ||
| Cleaning solutions | ||||||||||||||
| 33 | HARO Clean 100 | HAROSOL | Corrado | 1.0 | 9.8 | mBq/kg | 11(6) | 4600(300) | ||||||
| 34 | HARO Clean 188 | HAROSOL | Corrado | 1.5 | 6.0 | mBq/kg | – | 520(310) | ||||||
| 35 | HARO Clean 106 | HAROSOL | Corrado | 0.6 | 3.1 | mBq/kg | – | 750(160) | ||||||
| 36 | P3-Almeco 36 | Henkel | Bruno | 0.1 | 3.9 | mBq/kg | 790(160) | 98(27) | ||||||
| 37 | Tickopur R33 | Dr. H. Stamm | Giove | 1.0 | 5.0 | mBq/kg | – | 36(13) | ||||||
| 38 | Elma clean 65 | Elma | Giove | 1.0 | 7.1 | mBq/kg | 430(200) | – | 6(3) | 1190(90) | ||||
| 39 | Elma clean 70 | Elma | Giove | 1.1 | 2.7 | mBq/kg | – | 53(18) | 19(9) | |||||
| 40 | (69%) | Roth | Corrado | 0.5 | 5.1 | mBq/kg | – | |||||||