Chlorine at JYFL

Ion source: JYFL 14 GHz ECRIS

Method: MIVOC

Compound: Titanium tetrachloride (TiCl₄)

Preparation: TiCl₄ is a volatile liquid, which reacts strongly with humid air producing thick clouds of titanium dioxide (TiO₂) and hydrochloric acid (HCl). Thus, all handling of TiCl₄ was performed inside a glove box. The TiCl₄ liquid was placed in a glass cup, which was housed inside a closed metal container. The container was connected to the ion source through a precision valve.

Safety: TiCl₄ releases hydrochloric acid (HCl) when it reacts with water, which is severely corrosive and irritating. Proper safety precautions should be taken when handling TiCl₄ (see the material safety datasheet for more information).

Mixing gas: O₂

Microwave power: 150 W

Extraction voltage: 11.49 kV

Note: The TiCl₄ compound was made of natural Cl, which has 75.76% of ³⁵Cl and 24.22% of ³⁷Cl. This impacts the result of ³⁷Cl⁸⁺ presented below.

Note 2: The result presented here is taken from a delivered beam which fulfilled the intensity requirements of a particular physics experiment. It does not represent the maximum achievable current for Cl beams at JYFL. As such, the information presented here should be regarded as a presentation of the beam production method, not the maximum performance that can be achieved. More complete high performance data will be added in the future.