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

Patent · 24 May 1988

OSTI ID:866594

Rutherford, William M ^[1]

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1. Dayton, OH

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 obtainable in the prior art.

• Research Organization: MONSANTO RESEARCH CORP
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00053
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4746426
• Application Number: 06/804,413
• OSTI ID: 866594
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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