System and method for continuous separation of isotopes
CA 2027358 C · Owner: Snyder, Thomas Stephen · Inventors: Jackovitz, John Franklin; Ferrari, Harry Max; Snyder, Thomas Stephen
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The invention is both a system and method for continuously separating heavier from lighter isotopes of a particular element, such as zirconium. The system comprises a housing, a column assembly rotatably mounted with respect to the housing which includes a plurality of vertically oriented separation cells arranged in a circle, each of which contains a packing material, both a feed electrolyte source and a barren electrolyte source, each of which has an outlet mounted in the housing for continuously introducing either a feed electrolyte or a barren electrolyte into each of the cells as they rotate past the outlets and upper, and lower electrodes disposed over the upper and lower ends of the …
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- Filed October 11, 1990 and granted January 2, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 11, 2010.
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