Gas separation – Means within gas stream for conducting concentrate to collector
Patent
1976-03-08
1977-06-28
Williams, Howard S.
Gas separation
Means within gas stream for conducting concentrate to collector
55 1, 2041571R, 204DIG11, B01J 110
Patent
active
040323064
ABSTRACT:
A method of separating isotopes based on the dissociation of a Van der Waal's complex. A beam of molecules of a Van der Waal's complex containing, as one partner of the complex, a molecular species in which an element is present in a plurality of isotopes is subjected to radiation from a source tuned to a frequency which will selectively excite vibrational motion by a vibrational transition or through electronic transition of those complexed molecules of the molecular species which contain a desired isotope. Since the Van der Waal's binding energy is much smaller than the excitational energy of vibrational motion, the thus excited Van der Waal's complex dissociate into molecular components enriched in the desired isotope. The recoil velocity associated with vibrational to translational and rotational relaxation will send the separated molecules away from the beam whereupon the product enriched in the desired isotope can be separated from the constituents of the beam.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3558877 (1971-01-01), Pressman
patent: 3944399 (1976-03-01), Gspann
Carlson Dean F.
Croft Irene S.
Gaither Roger S.
The United States of America as represented by the United States
Williams Howard S.
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