E_PLATE (INFN-CSN5, 2018-2019)

The E_PLATE project was financed as Young research grant for two years (2018-2019). The aim was R&D on HIgh energy VIbrational Powder Plating (HIVIPP) technique for accelerator target manufacturing starting from enriched powder materials. The updated apparatus developed includes the automation of the power supply, the improvements in the sample-holder design and vacuum system. The apparatus have indeed allowed to start a deep study on how some selected HIVIPP parameters (i.e., powder size, electric field, cylinder height, powder oxidation, etc.) may influence the thickness and the uniformity of the depositions, keeping other variables constant (e.g., powder and substrate materials, deposition time) to create a model of the process. The HIVIPP set-up allows to manufacture reproducible targets using the same powder material, powder size, cylinder heights and substrates (Ti targets). The loss of the starting material during the target preparation process is less than 1 mg, making this technique very attractive when using expensive isotopic enriched materials.
 

• More information can be found here:
• H. Skliarova, S. Cisternino, L. Pranovi, L. Mou, G. Pupillo, V. Rigato, C. Rossi Alvarez, HIVIPP deposition and characterization of isotopically enriched Titanium-48 targets for nuclear cross-section measurements, Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A (2020) doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2020.164371 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900220307683