Multistage method and apparatus for separating substances of different atomic weights using a plasma centrifuge
CA 1204228 A · Owner: Yale University · Inventors: Krishnan, Mahadevan; Hirshfield, Jay L.
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The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for centrifugally separating substances of different atomic weights. The substances to be separated are positioned in an evacuated vessel which has a longitudinal axis. A magnetic field is generated in the vessel parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vessel and a target comprises of the substances to be separated is positioned within the vessel at one end thereof. A collector is positioned at the other end of the vessel. Pulsed laser energy is focused on the substances to be separated thereby fully, ionizing at least a portion of the substances and forming a plasma therefrom. Immediately following the focusing of the laser …
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- Granted May 6, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 6, 2003.
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