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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herman S Rosenbaum, Fremont, CA (US);
Douglas R Packard, Sunol, CA (US);
Harry A Levin, Livermore, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423-2 ; 423 59 ;
Abstract
A process for the separation and collection of molybdenum-99 from an irradiated uranium-containing target material utilizes thermal chromatographic separation. The irradiated target material containing the molybdenum-99 is heated in an oxidizing atmosphere to form an oxidized target material and gaseous molybdenum-99 trioxide. The gaseous molybdenum-99 trioxide is carried by the oxidizing atmosphere along with other vaporized materials to a cooling zone for progressive condensation and collection of the molybdenum-99 trioxide and the other materials in the form of separate deposits.