Target Prep February 2017
There will be 4 targets that will be placed in the beam. Each sample of the selenium pellets had to be under 0.5g to meet waste restrictions. The 4 samples are as follows: one empty aluminum cylinder, one aluminum cylinder with only soil, one aluminum cylinder with a 50% ratio of soil to selenium, and one aluminum cylinder with a 10% ratio of soil to selenium. The selenium targets were prepared by measuring the mass of the sample, then putting a front nickel foil and a back nickel foil around the selenium pellets and wrapping the whole target in Kapton tape. The mass of an empty cylinder is 32.65g
Selenium Target 1 | Mass (g) |
Front Ni Foil | 0.27 |
Rear Ni Foil | 0.25 |
Se Mass | 0.46 |
Mass of Kapton | 0.54 |
Total Mass | 1.52 |
Soil Mass | 0.46 |
Selenium Target 2 | Mass (g) |
Front Ni Foil | 0.23 |
Rear Ni Foil | 0.26 |
Se Mass | 0.49 |
Mass of Kapton | 0.65 |
Total Mass | 1.62 |
Soil Mass | 4.8 |
To make the 50% ratio sample, use 0.46g of soil in the aluminum cylinder with Se Target 1
To make the 10% ratio sample, use 4.8g of soil in the aluminum cylinder with Se Target 2