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Title: Automated product recovery in a HG-196 photochemical isotope separation process

Patent ·
OSTI ID:868397
 [1];  [2]
  1. Belmont, MA
  2. Reading, MA
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A method of removing deposited product from a photochemical reactor used in the enrichment of .sup.196 Hg has been developed and shown to be effective for rapid re-cycling of the reactor system. Unlike previous methods relatively low temperatures are used in a gas and vapor phase process of removal. Importantly, the recovery process is understood in a quantitative manner so that scaling design to larger capacity systems can be easily carried out.

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 5131991
OSTI ID:
868397
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Photochemical isotope separation of mercury-196 by reaction with hydrogen halides journal May 1981
The Nature of Calomel Vapor 1 journal July 1937

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