Method of preparing mercury with an arbitrary isotopic distribution

Patent · Tue Dec 16 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:7152181

Grossman, M W; George, W A

This invention provides for a process for preparing mercury with a predetermined, arbitrary, isotopic distribution. In one embodiment, different isotopic types of Hg[sub 2]Cl[sub 2], corresponding to the predetermined isotopic distribution of Hg desired, are placed in an electrolyte solution of HCl and H[sub 2]O. The resulting mercurous ions are then electrolytically plated onto a cathode wire producing mercury containing the predetermined isotopic distribution. In a similar fashion, Hg with a predetermined isotopic distribution is obtained from different isotopic types of HgO. In this embodiment, the HgO is dissolved in an electrolytic solution of glacial acetic acid and H[sub 2]O. The isotopic specific Hg is then electrolytically plated onto a cathode and then recovered. 1 fig.

• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• Assignee: GTE Products Corp., Danvers, MA (United States)
• Patent Number(s): A; US 4629543
• Application Number: PPN: US 6-815147
• OSTI ID: 7152181
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
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Consumption
& Utilization-- Industrial & Agricultural Processes-- Equipment & Processes
CATHODES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
COATINGS
DEPOSITION
ELECTRODEPOSITED COATINGS
ELECTRODEPOSITION
ELECTRODES
ELECTROLYSIS
ELECTROPLATING
ELEMENTS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
ISOTOPE RATIO
LYSIS
MERCURY
MERCURY CHLORIDES
MERCURY COMPOUNDS
MERCURY HALIDES
MERCURY OXIDES
METALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLATING
SURFACE COATING