METHOD OF ISOTOPE SEPARATION

摘要

A METHOD OF ISOTOPE SEPARATION An isotopic mixture composed of molecules 1MXn and 2MXn, where 1M and 2M are two isotopic species of the atom M, is irradiated with a beam of monochromatic laser light with energy hv in resonance with the energy difference between two vibrational levels of an isotopic species of the molecule 1MXn. The 1MXn and 2MXn molecules also interact with the atoms of a neutral gas E in superactivated form in the Rydberg state E** in order to convert the molecules to negative ions by capture of the electrons released by the Rydberg atoms in accordance with the reactions : E** ? E+ + e