Apparatus for isotopic alteration of mercury vapor

Patent · Tue Dec 06 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5636111

Grossman, M W; George, W A; Marcucci, R V

This patent describes an apparatus for enriching the isotopic content of mercury. It comprises: a low pressure electric discharge lamp, the lamp comprising an envelope transparent to ultraviolet radiation and containing a fill comprising mercury and an inert gas; a filter concentrically arranged around the low pressure electric discharge lamp, the filter being transparent to ultraviolet radiation and containing mercury including {sup 196}Hg isotope; means for controlling mercury pressure in the filter; and a reactor arranged around the filter such that radiation passes from the low pressure electric discharge lamp through the filter and into Said reactor, the reactor being transparent to ultraviolet light.

• Assignee: GTE Products Corp., Danvers, MA (USA)
• Patent Number(s): A; US 4789784
• Application Number: PPN: US 6-947217A
• OSTI ID: 5636111
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400202* -- Isotope Effects
Isotope Exchange
& Isotope Separation
DESIGN
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FILTERS
FLUIDS
GASES
HEAVY NUCLEI
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
ISOTOPES
MERCURY 196
MERCURY ISOTOPES
NUCLEI
OPERATION
RADIATIONS
SEPARATION EQUIPMENT
SEPARATION PROCESSES
STABLE ISOTOPES
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
VAPORS