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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Jozef W. Eerkens, Woodland, CA (US);
Jozef W. Eerkens, Woodland, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Isotope enrichment by laser activation wherein a multi-isotopic element Q, like Uranium, Silicon, Carbon is incorporated into gaseous QF, QF, QF, QOF, etc and diluted in gas G like He, N, Ar, Xe, SFor other inert gas; and wherein that mixture is cooled by adiabatic expansion or other means encouraging formation of dimers QF:G in a supersonic super-cooled free jet; and wherein that jet is exposed to laser photons at wavelengths that selectively excite predetermined moleculesQFtoQF*, thereby inducing rapid VT conversions and dissociations ofQF*:G→QF+G+kT, while leaving non-excited dimersQF:G intact; and wherein a skimmer separates the supersonic free-jet core stream containing heavierQF:G dimers from lighter core-escapedQF-enriched rim gases. Particularly an advanced technique is disclosed to enrichUFby free jet expansion and isotope-selective dimerization suppression, utilizing a molecular CO laser and intra-cavity UFirradiation with laser lines overlapping predeterminedUFabsorptions; and providing multiple free jet separator units irradiated by one laser beam, thereby enhancing process economics.