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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING ISOTOPES

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4321418
A method and apparatus for collecting isotopes having a high vapor pressure, such as isotopes of mercury, in a calutron are described. Heretofore, the collected material would vaporize and escape from the ion receiver as fast as it was received. By making the receiver of pure silver, the mercury isotopes form a nonvolatile amalgam with the silver at the water cooled temperature of the receiver, and the mercury is thus retained.
Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-12-004619
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2802108
OSTI ID:
4321418
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

AMALGAMS
CALUTRON
COOLING
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
ISOTOPES
MASS SPECTROMETERS
MERCURY
MERCURY ALLOYS
PATENT
PATENTS
PRESSURE
SILVER
VAPORS
WATER