Ionized gas separation arrangement

A gas separator comprising:

• a gas transmission port interposed between an ionizer and a chamber, the chamber configured to contain a first species of gas and a second species of gas;
• an ion deflector comprising a pair of magnetic plates separated by a channel;
• an accelerator between the ionizer and the ion deflector;
• a valve configured to control gas communication between the chamber and the ionizer;
• a first and a second target receptacle disposed at a first and a second exit location, respectively, of the channel,
• the ionizer configured to ionize the first species of gas received from the gas transmission port and ionize the second species of gas received from the gas transmission port;
• the accelerator configured to accelerate the ionized first species of gas and the ionized second species of gas towards the ion deflector,
• the ion deflector configured to deflect the ionized first species of gas in a first curved trajectory between the accelerator and the first target receptacle and to deflect the ionized second species of gas in a second curved trajectory between the accelerator and the second target receptacle.

A method comprising:

• providing a chamber that is connected to an ion diverter;
• flowing a first gas species and a second gas species from the chamber to the ion diverter via a gas transmission port;
• ionizing the first gas species and the second gas species in an ionizer;
• accelerating the ionized first gas species and the ionized second gas species, via an ion accelerator, into a magnetic field generated by a pair of spaced apart magnetic plates;
• and
• biasing the ionized first gas species in a first arc, via the magnetic field, to a first target receptacle and the ionized second gas species in a second arc, via the magnetic field, to a second target receptacle;
• capturing the ionized first gas species in the first target receptacle and capturing the ionized second gas species in the second target receptacle.