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Chromatographic enrichment of isotopes in hydrogen and water samples on palladium

Journal Article · · Sov. Radiochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6488494

Data on the isotopic enrichment of hydrogen and water samples by chromatography on palladium have been analyzed. Experimental data on the effect of temperature, hydrogen flow, volume of the enriched fraction, and length of the chromatographic column on the degree of separation attainable in the column have been obtained. It has been shown that the maximum separation achievable (regardless of the type of the isotope mixture) at 273 K falls with increase of hydrogen flow and volume of the enriched gas fraction recoverable from the column. A separation degree of approx. 1040 has been achieved for a mixture of protium and deuterium in a 10-mm wide and 0.6-m long chromatographic column packed with palladium black with a grain size of 0.2-0.5 mm at 273 K and a specific hydrogen flow of 1.22 mole/m/sup 2/ x sec. For a protium-tritium mixture a separation degree of approx. 90 has been reached in a similar column at 273 K and a specific hydrogen flow of 0.4 mole/m/sup 2/ x sec.

OSTI ID:
6488494
Journal Information:
Sov. Radiochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. Radiochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 28:4; ISSN SVRDA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English