Instrumentation to separate a gas mixture into its components by means of differences
in the
diffusion rates of the component molecules. This method has been used in separation of various
isotopes of uranium (by means of
UF6)
and hydrogen (
H2O,
HDO,
D2O,
HTO,
etc.)
Source:
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167
(Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990))
on page 2192
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
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J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
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