English: Schematic separation nozzle used in aerodynamic uranium enrichment plants. In aerodynamic enrichment processes, a mixture of gaseous UF6 and light gas (hydrogen or helium) is compressed and then passed through separating elements wherein isotopic separation is accomplished by the generation of high centrifugal forces over a curved-wall geometry. Full enrichment plants would have thousands of these tiny structures photoetched in foil and bound together.
Русский: Аэродинамическое разделение изотопов
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Fastfission in Inkscape. Based on images 26.1.1 (for the labels and general design conventions) and images 26.1.2 (and actual photo of the geometry) from page 34 of chapter 3 of U.S. Department of Energy's
Handbook for Notification of Exports to Iraq: Annex 3.
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Schematic separation nozzle used in aerodynamic uranium enrichment plants. In aerodynamic enrichment processes, a mixture of gaseous UF6and light gas (hydrogen or helium) is compressed and then passed through separating elements wherein isotopic separatio
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