Chemistry: electrical and wave energy – Processes and products – Processes of treating materials by wave energy
Patent
1975-06-30
1977-08-02
Williams, Howard S.
Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
Processes and products
Processes of treating materials by wave energy
204DIG11, 250527, B01J 110, B01K 100
Patent
active
040394115
ABSTRACT:
A system for isotope separation or enrichment wherein molecules of a selected isotope type in a flow of molecules of plural isotope types are vibrationally excited and collided with a background gas to provide enhanced diffusivity for the molecules of the selected isotope type permitting their separate collection. The system typically is for the enrichment of uranium using a uranium hexafluoride gas in combination with a noble gas such as argon. The uranium hexafluoride molecules having a specific isotope of uranium are vibrationally excited by laser radiation. The vibrational energy is converted to a translation energy upon collision with a particle of the background gas and the added translation energy enhances the diffusivity of the selected hexafluoride molecules facilitating its condensation on collection surfaces provided for that purpose. This process is periodically interrupted and the cryogenic flow halted to permit evaporation of the collected molecules to provide a distinct, enriched flow.
REFERENCES:
Applied Optics, vol. 11, No. 2 (Feb. 1972) pp. 356-358.
Keck James C.
Woodroffe Jaime A.
Jersey Nuclear-AVCO Isotopes, Inc.
Williams Howard S.
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