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AssigneeThe Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Ne
InventorMichael G. Pravica, SR.
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This document provides methods, systems, and devices for inducing a decomposition reaction by directing x-rays towards a location including a particular compound. The x-rays can have an irradiation energy that corresponds to a bond distance of a bond in the particular compound in order to break that bond and induce a decomposition of that particular compound. In some cases, the particular compound is a hazardous substance or part of a hazardous substance. In some cases, the particular compound is delivered to a desired location in an organism and x-rays induce a decomposition reaction that creates a therapeutic substance (e.g., a toxin that kills cancer cells) in the location of the organism. In some cases, the particular compound decomposes to produce a reactant in a reactor apparatus (e.g., fuel cell or semiconductor fabricator).
A method of destroying a hazardous substance comprising:
A method of treating an organism comprising:
A method for delivering a reactant to a chemical reaction comprising directing x-rays towards a reactor apparatus comprising a chemical compound, said chemical compound comprising at least one bond having a bond distance, said x-rays having an irradiation energy that corresponds to said bond distance in order to induce a decomposition of chemical compound to produce a reactant at a location of said chemical compound.
The method of clam 20, said x-rays have an irradiation energy that is equal to hc/λ, wherein h is the Planck constant, c is the speed of light, and 2λ is the bond distance or some integral multiple thereof.
A system to neutralize hazardous substances in packages comprising
A system of containing a nuclear reactor comprising a nuclear facility and a substance in the nuclear facility, the substance being adapted to decompose to produce one or more neutron-moderating gases when exposed to gamma and x-rays from the reactor, the substance being positioned in the nuclear facility so that said one or more neutron-moderating gases flow to the reactor core.
The system of claim 30, wherein the substance is NH3BH3 and it decomposes to release H2 when exposed to x-rays, and wherein the one or more neutron-moderating gases comprise boron, hydrogen, or a combination thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.