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Separation Power of a Gas Centrifuge and Certain Errors in Optimizing the Centrifuge

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The theory of separation in a Zippe centrifuge is developed. The physical meaning of the concept “separation power” is examined in application to a gas centrifuge. Ideas concerning the separation power in certain publications and the associated incorrect arguments concerning the optimization of a gas centrifuge are analyzed. The errors are clarified, and the correct way to optimize a centrifuge from the standpoint of the separation power is shown.

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Aleksandrov, O.E. Separation Power of a Gas Centrifuge and Certain Errors in Optimizing the Centrifuge. Atomic Energy 92, 230–238 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016093913525

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