ENRICHMENT OF TRITIUM IN HYDROGEN OR DEUTERIUM BY THERMAL DIFFUSION.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.55.1238

Tritium in H//2 or D//2, 1. 7 multiplied by 10** minus **2Ci mol** minus **1, was enriched by means of thermal diffusion at the bottom of a 100-cm glass column with a gas reservoir on top. Four columns with different diameters (8, 20, 30, and 41 mm phi ) were used. The temperature of the wire stretched along the axis of the column was changed over a range from 200 degree C to 450 degree C. The maximum equilibrium separation factors in hydrogen and in deuterium were 17 and 4. 5 respectively. The optimum diameters were estimated by a modification of Waldmann's equation, which can be used for the separation using the flat-type system.