Gas centrifuge
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A gas centrifuge is a device that performs isotope separation of gases. A centrifuge relies on the principles of centrifugal force accelerating molecules so that particles of different masses are phys
Cascade of gas centrifuges used to produce enriched uranium. U.S. gas centrifuge testbed in Piketon, Ohio, 1984. Each centrifuge is some 40 feet (12 m) tall. (Conventional centrifuges in use today are much smaller, less than 5 metres (16 ft) high.)
Gaseous diffusion
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Gaseous diffusion is a technology that was used to produce enriched uranium by forcing gaseous uranium hexafluoride through microporous membranes. This produces a slight separation between the molecul
Gas centrifuge
…prominent use of gas centrifuges is for the separation of uranium-235 (235U) from uranium-238 (238U). The gas centrifuge was developed to replace the gaseous diffusion method of 235U extraction. High degrees of separation of these isotopes relies on using many individual centrifuges arranged in series that achieve…
Gaseous diffusion uses microporous membranes to enrich uranium