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Separation of the Isotopes of Uranium by the Separation Nozzle Process
Author(s) -
Becker E. W.,
Bier K.,
Bier W.,
Schütte R.,
Seidel D.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.196705071
Subject(s) - separator (oil production) , isotope separation , nozzle , separation process , air separation , cascade , separation (statistics) , uranium , enriched uranium , isotopes of uranium , isotope , process (computing) , mechanics , nuclear engineering , chemistry , chromatography , nuclear physics , physics , thermodynamics , computer science , engineering , organic chemistry , machine learning , oxygen , operating system
The separation nozzle process is based on the partial spatial separation of components of different mass in an expanding supersonic jet stream. The process is of especial interest for the separation of uranium isotopes. Details of a systematic experimental determination of the most favorable operating conditions for such a separation are given and the construction and testing of a closed circulation system, the basic unit of a ten membered pilot cascade separator for uranium isotope separation, is described. The optimum values of the specific cost factors obtained experimentally for the separation nozzle process are compared with the corresponding values estimated for the gaseous diffusion process.