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More Accurate Equation for Radial-Averaging Analysis of the Separation of a Binary Isotopic Mixtures in a Gas Centrifuge Radial

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A generalized isotope transport equation that is valid for arbitrary convective flows in a rotor is constructed by the radial averaging method on the basis of the isotopic approximation. A more accurate equation, differing from the classical equation by the presence of additional terms, for a countercurrent centrifuge is obtained for small radial flows and weak dependence of the axial gradient of the concentration on the radial coordinate.

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    V. I. Tokmantsev

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Tokmantsev, V.I. More Accurate Equation for Radial-Averaging Analysis of the Separation of a Binary Isotopic Mixtures in a Gas Centrifuge Radial. Atomic Energy 92, 391–397 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019995427210

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