ISOTOPE SEPARATION BY SELECTIVE DISSOCIATION OF TRIFLUOROMETHANE WITH AN INFRARED LASER

摘要

ISOTOPE SEPARATION BY SELECTIVE DISSOCIATION OF TRIFLUORO METHANE WITH AN INFRARED LASER High intensity infrared laser radiation of selected wavelengths incident on gaseous trifluoromethane causes isotope-selective excitation and dissociation of the trifluoromethane. The product compound or compounds, enriched in the desired isotope, can then be separated from the remainder of the gas. By this process, for example, infrared radiation of gaseous trifluoromethane using a CO2 laser provides enrichment and separation of deuterated compounds which are useful in certain types of commercial nuclear reactors.