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Title: On-line method of determining utilization factor in Hg-196 photochemical separation process

Patent ·
OSTI ID:868221

The present invention is directed to a method for determining the utilization factor [U] in a photochemical mercury enrichment process (.sup.196 Hg) by measuring relative .sup.196 Hg densities using absorption spectroscopy.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
Assignee:
GTE Products Corporation (Danvers, MA)
Patent Number(s):
US 5100803
OSTI ID:
868221
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (5)

Electric Discharge Lamps book January 1990
Isotopic Effects and the Mechanism of Energy Transfer in Mercury Photosensitization book January 1963
Energy Conservation Through More Efficient Lighting journal October 1984
Photochemical isotope separation of mercury-196 by reaction with hydrogen halides journal May 1981
PHOTOCHEMICAL SEPARATION OF MERCURY ISOTOPES: V. FURTHER STUDIES ON THE REACTION OF Hg 202 6( 3 P 1 ) ATOMS, PHOTOEXCITED IN NATURAL MERCURY VAPOR, WITH HYDROGEN CHLORIDE journal September 1959