The chemistry of GALLEX - measurement of solar neutrinos with a radiochemical gallium detector.

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In the GALLium EXperiment, GALLEX, low-energy solar neutrinos produced in the main hydrogen fusion reaction inside the Sun are being counted for the first time in a radiochemical gallium detector. The experiment is being carried out with international collaboration at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory (LNGS) in the Abruzzi mountains in Italy. In this paper the authors survey the planning, construction and initial experimental operation of the gallium detector, paying special attention to the chemical aspects of the experiment. The chemical problem to be solved is the separation of very few 71Ge atoms from 100 metric tons of a highly concentrated GaCl3 solution acidified with hydrochloric acid. In addition, these Ge atoms must be isolated and converted into germane, GeH4, for low-level counting of 71Ge in a gas proportional counter. After extensive preparatory work to meet the extreme requirements of the experiment, the first results have now become available.

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