gaseous diffusion

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gaseous
adjective
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/ˈɡeɪ.si.əs/us
/ˈɡæs.i.əs/
consisting of gas or gases, or ...
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diffusion
noun[U]
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/dɪˈfjuː.ʒən/us
/dɪˈfjuː.ʒən/
the action of spreading in ...
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To further confuse the issue, thegaseousdiffusionmethod was not the only means of producing enriched uranium.
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These were (i) electromagnetic isotopic separation; (ii) thermal diffusion, and (iii)gaseousdiffusion.
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The optimum gas pressures for isotope separation are thus in the low-pressure region of continuum fluid mechanics, wheregaseousdiffusionrelations are still valid.
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The process was known asgaseousdiffusion.
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In the last war that was done bygaseousdiffusion.
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The plant for enrichment bygaseousdiffusionwas a major engineering feat; the use of centrifuges less so, but not if now it is potentially much easier using lasers.
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Gaseousdiffusionand gas centrifuge are the commonly used uranium enrichment technologies, but new enrichment technologies are currently being developed.
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It has a separation factor per stage of 1.3 relative togaseousdiffusionof 1.005, which translates to about one-fiftieth of the energy requirements.
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Thegaseousdiffusionprocess remained more encouraging, although it too had technical obstacles to overcome.
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The most obvious technology, the centrifuge, failed, but electromagnetic separation,gaseousdiffusion, and thermal diffusion technologies were all successful and contributed to the project.
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Thegaseousdiffusiontechnique then became the preferred technique for producing enriched uranium.
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While there, he developed an isotope separation technique viagaseousdiffusion.
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Its aim was to separate uranium-235 by thermal diffusion, ignoring alternative methods such as electromagnetic separation,gaseousdiffusion, and centrifugal separation.
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Next, that undergoes isotope separation through the process ofgaseousdiffusion, or in a gas centrifuge.
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In fact, gas centrifuges using uranium hexafluoride have largely replacedgaseousdiffusiontechnology for uranium enrichment.
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Thegaseousdiffusionplant covers 750acre ha of a convert site.
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At the time of their construction in the early 1940s, thegaseousdiffusionplants were some of the largest buildings ever constructed.
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It also recommended concentrating on thegaseousdiffusionprocess for enriching uranium and building only a small electromagnetic plant.
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The gas centrifuge was developed to replace thegaseousdiffusionmethod of uranium-235 extraction.
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At room temperatures, has a high vapor pressure, making it useful in thegaseousdiffusionprocess to separate the rare uranium-235 from the common uranium-238 isotope.
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