Method of controlling the mercury vapor pressure in a photo-chemical lamp or vapor filter used for Hg[sup 196] enrichment

Title: Method of controlling the mercury vapor pressure in a photo-chemical lamp or vapor filter used for Hg[sup 196] enrichment

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The present invention is directed to a method of eliminating the cold spot zones presently used on Hg[sup 196] isotope separation lamps and filters by the use of a mercury amalgams, preferably mercury - indium amalgams. The use of an amalgam affords optimization of the mercury density in the lamp and filter of a mercury enrichment reactor, particularly multilamp enrichment reactors. Moreover, the use of an amalgam in such lamps and/or filters affords the ability to control the spectral line width of radiation emitted from lamps, a requirement for mercury enrichment.

Inventors:: Grossman, M W

Issue Date:: 1993-02-16

OSTI Identifier:: 6296835

Patent Number(s):: 5187804 A

Application Number:: PPN: US 7-708798

Assignee:: GTE Products Corp., Danvers, MA (United States)

DOE Contract Number:: AC03-76SF00098

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 30 May 1991

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; MERCURY 196; ISOTOPE SEPARATION; MERCURY ALLOYS; PERFORMANCE; FILTERS; INDIUM ALLOYS; LIGHT BULBS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; VAPORS; ALLOYS; CONTROL; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FLUIDS; GASES; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MERCURY ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; SEPARATION PROCESSES; STABLE ISOTOPES; 400202* - Isotope Effects, Isotope Exchange, & Isotope Separation

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