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Title: Separation of Isotopes by Electromigration in Fused Salts; SEPARATION DES ISOTOPES PAR ELECTROMIGRATION EN SELS FONDUS (in French)

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4782515

A process is given for the separation of isotopes by reflux electromigration of fused salts. The process is carried out in a countercurrent manner on a fused mixture of a salt containing the isotopic cations with a salt having the same anion and a cation with a mobility as near as possible to that of the isotopic cations. An electrolytic cell for carrying out the process is described. Examples are presented of the process in which lithium-6 and lithium-7 are separated in a LiBr-KBr mixture, and calcium isotopes are separated in CaBr/sub 2/-KBr and CaBr/sub 2/- LiBr systems. (N.W.R.)

Research Organization:
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique. Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires, Saclay (France)
DOE Contract Number:
AT(30-1)-2429
NSA Number:
NSA-17-000388
OSTI ID:
4782515
Report Number(s):
TID-16715
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
Country of Publication:
France
Language:
French