Apparatus for Isotope Separation by Thermal Diffusion
- 1 December 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 20 (12), 924-927
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1741428
Abstract
A compact, all‐metal, multi‐stage thermal diffusion apparatus for the separation of isotopes in quantity in non‐corrosive gases at any pressure up to 175 lb/in.2 is described. For a particular gas the proper pressure may be well‐enough calculated in advance as that giving maximum separation factor in the last column only. Operating with neon at 3 atmos. pressure, and using 12 meters of column consuming 4.9 kw for 260 hours, 7 liters of gas with a Ne22 content of 93.4 percent were produced.Keywords
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