Method and apparatus for separating isotopes
US5653854A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D59/48
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The improved isotope separator comprises a vacuum vessel, a plasma generator located substantially in the center of the vacuum vessel, an electrode bounded by a hyperboloid of one sheet and a pair of electrodes bounded by a hyperboloid of two sheets, said electrodes being located within the vacuum vessel in such a way as to surround the plasma generator, a power source for supplying said electrodes with a fixed voltage and a pulsating voltage, and magnetic field generating means located outside the vacuum vessel. The apparatus is implemented by a method for isotope separation that achieves high separation factor per stage (process), that enables the process throughput to be increased with ease and which yet is applicable to the isotopic separation of many elements.
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