Plasma centrifuge with axial circulation for calcium isotope separation

Borisevich, V. D.; Potanin, E. P.; Whichello, J. V.

doi:10.1063/1.5031703

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“…Various applications of these devices are considered, from separation of isotopes for clinical research [26] and processing of rare-earth elements [27] to purification of nuclear waste [28] and plasma processing of spent nuclear fuel [9,24].…”

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Plasma mass separation in configuration with potential well

Liziakin¹,

Антонов²,

Smirnov³

et al. 2021

J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.

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The details of the charged particle separation by mass in the configuration with axial magnetic and radial electric fields are studied. The radial electric field, oriented to the discharge axis, is induced in a background reflex discharge with a hot cathode (−550 V, 8–14 A). The plasma source is based on a hot cathode arc discharge with independent metal vapor injection (18–21 V, 30 A) was situated at 18 cm from the axis. It was shown that the separated Ag + Pb mixture is transported across the magnetic field under the background discharge electric field. Effective separation is possible in such a system, while the separation coefficient increases from 4.9 to 6.2–8.4 when the mixture injection point is moved away from the background discharge axis from 18 to 23 cm. The effect of mixture injection on the plasma potential distribution is examined. It was shown that the presence of a plasma source of separated substances can cause a local (1–2 cm) distortion of the background plasma potential profile. Such distortion, as well as fluctuations of the background plasma potential, can significantly affect the width of the deposited spots of separated substances.

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