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Production of the Hg-196 isotope by a photochemical method

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An experimental setup and photochemical approaches used for extracting highly enriched mercury isotopes at the Russian Research Center Kurchatov Institute are described. In the extraction process, selectively excited mercury atoms are oxidized in the presence of 1,3-butadiene. Along with the Hg-198, Hg-199, Hg-200, and Hg-202 isotopes, the least abundant mercury isotope, Hg-196, has been produced for the first time with a concentration as high as 97%.

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    Yu. V. Viazovetski

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Translated from Zhurnal Tekhnichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 75, No. 3, 2005, pp. 63–66.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Viazovetski.

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Viazovetski, Y.V. Production of the Hg-196 isotope by a photochemical method. Tech. Phys. 50, 347–350 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1884735

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