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US 6,146,601 AGranted
Enrichment of silicon or germanium isotopes
AssigneeEagle-Picher Industries, Inc.
InventorsTeimuraz Abesadze, William E. Saunders, Marvin Y. Wachs, Dennis K. Manning
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Abstract
Isotopes of either germanium or silicon are separated by a chemical exchange reaction. Preferably the compound is a hydro halide or halide composition and the donor can be a wide variety of compounds such as a lower molecular weight alcohol.
Claims10
A method of isotopically enriching a compound having the following general formula:
- AH.sub.n X.sub.4-n
- wherein A represent Si or Ge
- n is an integer from 0 to 4
- X represents a halide ion
- comprising subjecting said compound to a chemical exchange reaction with a donor compound to form an isotopically enriched complex and recovering said enriched complex.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.