Development of advanced concepts for improved heavy water production technology

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6816771

Aldridge, F T; Herman, I P; Marling, J B; Wood, L L

Two strongly differing processes for deuterium isotope separation continued under active experimental development during the reporting period. Compound development continued for chromatographic hydrogen isotope separation using intermetallic hydrides. Inexpensive alloys with calcium completely substituted for lanthanum showed good separation factors with fast equilibration times. Macroscopic separation of deuterium was achieved in a small laboratory column. Improved reactants were selected for the IR-laser deuterium halide-olefin addition reactions. An extensive chemical, spectroscopic and photochemical survey has been nearly completed to select the optimum working compound for the IR-laser deuterium separation process utilizing multiphoton dissociation. Several compounds have been selected for further detailed evaluation. Several new conceptual schemes for deuterium separation are presented.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6816771
• Report Number(s): UCID-17736-77-4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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07 ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES
DEUTERIUM
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
HEAVY WATER
PRODUCTION
CHROMATOGRAPHY
LASER ISOTOPE SEPARATION
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
STABLE ISOTOPES
WATER
070101* - Heavy Water Production