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Title: Liquid-phase thermal diffusion isotope separation apparatus and method having tapered column

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6666538

A thermal diffusion counterflow method and apparatus for separating isotopes in solution in which the solution is confined in a long, narrow, vertical slit which tapers from bottom to top. The variation in the width of the slit permits maintenance of a stable concentration distribution with relatively long columns, thus permitting isotopic separation superior to that obtained in the prior art.

Research Organization:
Mound Plant (MOUND), Miamisburg, OH (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00053
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
Application Number:
ON: DE87007284
OSTI ID:
6666538
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English