Isotopic enrichment in a plasma centrifuge
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- 15 June 1987
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 50 (24) , 1716-1718
Abstract
High rotational velocity and centrifugal isotopic separation of carbon in a vacuum‐arc plasma centrifuge are presented. Enrichments of up to 390% for 13C are measured at 6 cm radius with angular rotation frequencies in excess of 1.0×105 rad/s in an axial magnetic field of 0.12 T.Keywords
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