Hybrid isotope separation scheme

Maya, Jakob

Title: Hybrid isotope separation scheme

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A method of yielding selectively a desired enrichment in a specific isotope including the steps of inputting into a spinning chamber a gas from which a scavenger, radiating the gas with a wave length or frequency characteristic of the absorption of a particular isotope of the atomic or molecular gas, thereby inducing a photochemical reaction between the scavenger, and collecting the specific isotope-containing chemical by using a recombination surface or by a scooping apparatus.

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Maya, Jakob ^[1]

Brookline, MA

Issue Date:: 1991-01-01

Research Org.:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 867873

Patent Number(s):: 5024741

Assignee:: GTE Products Corporation (Danvers, MA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION

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Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
Y10S494/90 - involving mixture containing one or more gases
Y10S422/903 - Radioactive material apparatus

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
B01D59/50 - Separation involving two or more processes covered by different groups selected from groups B01D59/02, B01D59/10, B01D59/20, B01D59/22, B01D59/28, B01D59/34, B01D59/36, B01D59/38, B01D59/44

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DOE Contract Number:: AC03-76SF00098

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: hybrid; isotope; separation; scheme; method; yielding; selectively; desired; enrichment; specific; including; steps; inputting; spinning; chamber; gas; scavenger; radiating; wave; length; frequency; characteristic; absorption; particular; atomic; molecular; inducing; photochemical; reaction; collecting; isotope-containing; chemical; recombination; surface; scooping; apparatus; wave length; specific isotope; particular isotope; molecular gas; chemical reaction; isotope separation; photochemical reaction; separation scheme; spinning chamber; yielding selectively; hybrid isotope; desired enrichment; isotope including; /204/95/422/494/

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