Liquid xenon purification system. (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Liquid xenon purification system.

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Xenon purification system at SLAC. The two central columns are each filled with almost half a ton of charcoal, which is used to produce ultra-clean xenon for the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter experiment.

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Jacqueline Ramseyer Orrell/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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