Accession Number:

ADD002297

Title:

High Atomic Weight Isotope Separator.

Descriptive Note:

Patent Application,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Book,David L.

Report Date:

1975-12-04

Pagination or Media Count:

8.0

Abstract:

This patent discusses a method of separating one isotopic species of a given element from a mixture. Collisionless plasma instabilities slow down the ions and oppositely charged electrodes separate the isotopes.

Descriptors:

• *Isotope separation
• Patents
• Ions
• Plasmas(Physics)
• Laser beams
• Excitation
• Electrodes
• Electrostatic fields

Subject Categories:

• Physical Chemistry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE