摘要 |
The invention provides a process for the separation of zinc isotopes from one another to enrich or deplete a zinc-containing starting material with regard to one or more zinc isotopes. A dialkyl zinc compound (34) R1-Zn-R2 in which R1 and R2 are selected from ethyl, propyl and butyl groups, optionally substituted and straight-chain or branched, is subjected to molecular laser isotope separation. Infrared laser irradiation (24) is used to decompose said compound R1-Zn-R2 to obtain elemental zinc. |