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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1992

Filed:

Mar. 18, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:

Gerald R Stevenson, Normal, IL (US);

Matthew P Espe, Normal, IL (US);

Richard C Reiter, Bloomington, IL (US);

Assignee:

Illinois State University, Normal, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2041572 ; 204-15 ; 423-6 ; 423249 ;
Abstract

A method of isotope enrichment including providing a reactant. The reactant is a mixture of at least two isotopic compounds. One of the isotopic compounds has a greater percentage of a selected isotope than the other. An electron transfer agent is introduced into the reactant isotopic mixture to form a reaction mixture. The electron transfer agent facilitates transfer of electrons interactive with one or more selected nuclei of the reactant. The electron transfer agent is in an amount sufficient upon reaction of the reaction mixture to establish an equilibrium between an electron rich reaction product and an electron poor reaction product. The reaction mixture is reacted until the equilibrium is established. The electron poor reaction product is then separated from the electron rich reaction product.


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