Method for enriching a middle isotope using vibration-vibration pumping

Patent · Tue Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6054626

Rich, J W; Homicz, G F; Bergman, R C

Method for producing isotopically enriched materials by vibration-vibration excitation of gaseous molecules wherein a middle mass isotope of an isotopic mixture including lighter and heavier mass isotopes preferentially populates a higher vibrational mode and chemically reacts to provide a product in which it is enriched. The method can be used for vibration-vibration enrichment of /sup 17/O in a CO reactant mixture.

• Assignee: Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC
• Patent Number(s): US 4801365
• OSTI ID: 6054626
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 13 Nov 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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07 ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES
38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS
PRODUCTION
OXYGEN 17
VIBRATIONAL STATES
CARBON MONOXIDE
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
EXCITATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION
MIXTURES
NUCLEAR PUMPING
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
DISPERSIONS
ENERGY LEVELS
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXCITED STATES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MATERIALS
NUCLEI
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN ISOTOPES
PUMPING
STABLE ISOTOPES
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