Thermal diffusion close to the critical point for isotope separation

Atomic Energy ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 754-755
Author(s):  
V. M. Vetsko ◽  
É. P. Garsevanishvili
1939 ◽  
Vol 55 (11) ◽  
pp. 1083-1095 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. Furry ◽  
R. Clark Jones ◽  
L. Onsager

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Nakano ◽  
T. Maeda ◽  
J. G. Weisend ◽  
John Barclay ◽  
Susan Breon ◽  
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1946 ◽  
Vol 69 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 459-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. Furry ◽  
R. Clark Jones

1964 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 1409-1413 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Howard ◽  
W. W. Watson

1975 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 561-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Giglio ◽  
A. Vendramini

1966 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 1344-1347 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Lodding ◽  
A. Ott

Temperature differences ranging from 100°C to 500°C were maintained between the top and bottom ends of vertical capillaries containing liquid metal. The light isotope was found to be enriched at the hot end. The steady-sate isotope separation for different temperature ranges were between 1 and 3 per cent, corresponding to the thermal diffusion factors αK=3.1×10-2, αRb=3.1 × 10-2 and αGa=3.8 × 10 -2. According to a theoretical model, the results imply that the diffusing species is a “cluster” of several cooperating atoms, the mean diffusive displacement of which is considerably less than the effective cluster diameter. The clusters drift into voids given by the statistical fluctuations of free volume.


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