An extensive aging study of bakelite Resistive Plate Chambers

G. Carboni; S. De Capua; D. Domenici; G. Ganis; R. Messi; G. Passaleva; E. Santovetti; M. Veltri

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2003.10.030

An extensive aging study of bakelite Resistive Plate Chambers

G. Carboni, S. De Capua, D. Domenici^*, G. Ganis, R. Messi, G. Passaleva, E. Santovetti, M. Veltri

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We present recent results of an extensive aging test, performed at the CERN Gamma Irradiation Facility, on two bakelite Resistive Plate Chambers (RPC) detectors. With a method based on a model describing the behavior of an RPC exposed to a large particle flux, we have periodically measured the electrode resistivity ρ of the two detectors over 3 years. We observed a large increase of ρ with time, from initial values of about 10¹⁰ Ω cm to more than 200 × 10¹⁰ Ω cm. A corresponding degradation of the RPC rate capability, from about 3 kHz/cm² to less than 200 Hz/cm², was observed. The reversibility of the process, using a humid gas mixture, has also been studied.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	82-85
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
Volume	518
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2003.10.030
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2004

Keywords

Bakelite
Current
Detector
Humid gas
Resistivity
RPC

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Carboni, G, De Capua, S, Domenici, D, Ganis, G, Messi, R, Passaleva, G, Santovetti, E & Veltri, M 2004, 'An extensive aging study of bakelite Resistive Plate Chambers', Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment , vol. 518, no. 1-2, pp. 82-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2003.10.030

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