RICH Radiator gas

The radiator gas is a mixture of C4F10 and C5F12. The index of refraction of this mixture was specified to have a value of n-1 = 1850 X 10-6 at 1.25 atm.

The following values for the index of refraction were used (within PMT range: 300nm - 500nm):

C4F10 ----- 1380 (Measured during prototype dev.)

C5F12 ----- 1622 (Estimated from liquid phase)

The partial pressures should be:

C4F10 ---- 0.587 or 557.6 Torr

C5F12 ---- 0.413 ro 392.3 Torr

It was estimated that 5.81 kg of C5F12 were necessary for one filling of the RICH.

(Created 8-May-2000)