Packed bed reactor for photochemical .sup.196 Hg isotope separation
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1. In a photochemical reactor useful for the isotopic enrichment of a predetermined isotope of mercury comprising a reactor cell and a monoisotopic light source;
- the improvement comprising;
a plurality of transparent, straight reactor cell tubes disposed axially within the internal volume of said reactor cell to increase the surface area thereof for production deposition.
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Abstract
Straight tubes and randomly oriented pieces of tubing having been employed in a photochemical mercury enrichment reactor and have been found to improve the enrichment factor (E) and utilization (U) compared to a non-packed reactor. One preferred embodiment of this system uses a moving bed (via gravity) for random packing.
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1. In a photochemical reactor useful for the isotopic enrichment of a predetermined isotope of mercury comprising a reactor cell and a monoisotopic light source;
- the improvement comprising;
a plurality of transparent, straight reactor cell tubes disposed axially within the internal volume of said reactor cell to increase the surface area thereof for production deposition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- the improvement comprising;
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