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Separation of tritium from deuterium by pulsed NH3 laser-selective multiple photon dissociation of CTCl3

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The multiple photon dissociation of ppm level CTCl3 in CDCl3 and the selectivity of T/D separation were investigated using a pulsed ammonia laser. The effect of laser frequency, fluence and buffer gas pressure on the dissociation rate and isotopic selectivity were studied. The depletion of CDCl3 was not observed within experimental errors. A lower limit of single step selectivity factor was found to be >5000 at 133 Pa substrate pressure.

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Nayak, A.K., Sarkar, S.K., Biswas, D.J. et al. Separation of tritium from deuterium by pulsed NH3 laser-selective multiple photon dissociation of CTCl3 . Appl. Phys. B 53, 246–249 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00357144

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