Published March 4, 1983 | Version v1
Patent

Isotope separation process by transfer of vibrational energy

Description

This process consists in exciting A molecules by absorption of a pulsed light beam, then in exciting until their dissociation X molecules, present in several isotopic forms, by a vibrational transfer between the A molecules and the X molecules, the A molecules having a dissociation energy greater than that of the X molecules, the duration and energy of the light pulses being such that the absorption time by the A molecules is less than the excitation time of the X molecules and the temperature conditions such that the thermal width of the vibration rays is at the most near the isotopic difference between the resonance rays of the two isotopic varieties

Availability note (English)

Available from Institut National de la Propriete Industrielle, Paris (France).

Abstract (French)

Ce procede consiste a exciter des molecules A par absorption d'un faisceau lumineux pulse, puis a exciter jusqu'a leur dissociation des molecules X, presentes sous plusieurs formes isotopiques, par un transfert vibrationnel entre les molecules A et les molecules X, les molecules A presentant une energie de dissociation superieure a celle des molecules X, la duree et l'energie des impulsions lumineuses etant telles que le temps d'absorption par les molecules A soit inferieur au temps d'excitation des molecules X et les conditions de temperature etant telles que la largeur thermique des raies de vibration soit au plus voisine de l'ecart isotopique entre les raies de resonance des deux varietes isotopiques

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (French)
Procede de separation isotopique par transfert d'energie vibrationnelle

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
23 p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. B01d59/34.
IPC
Int. Cl. B01d59/34.
Patent number
FR patent document 2511887/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
14799330
Subject category
S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; DISSOCIATION ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION; GASES; ISOTOPE SEPARATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME DEPENDENCE; VIBRATIONAL STATES
Descriptors DEC
AMPLIFIERS; ENERGY; ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; EQUIPMENT; EXCITED STATES; FLUIDS; GAS LASERS; LASERS; SEPARATION PROCESSES

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
FR patent application 8116423.