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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
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Fermilab center renamed after late particle physicist Helen Edwards
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory’s Integrated Engineering Research Center, which officially opened in January 2024, is now known as the Helen Edwards Engineering Center. The name was changed to honor the late particle physicist who led the design, construction, commissioning, and operation of the lab’s Tevatron accelerator and was part of the Water Resources Development Act signed by President Biden in December 2024, according to a Fermilab press release.
Takahiko Sugiyama, Kei Sugiura
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 71 | Number 4 | May 2017 | Pages 473-477
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1293424
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For decreasing the HETP value of a column packed with a crown ether adsorbent for the separation of lithium isotopes by displacement chromatography, adsorbents were prepared using porous silica beads having diameters of 60, 100, and 250 μm and benzo-15-crown-5 ether. The HETP values of the packed column were estimated by chromatographic experiments by data obtained from breakthrough curves. The HETP values decreased with the particle diameter of the adsorbent, and an HETP value of 0.16 mm was obtained for a particle diameter of 60 μm. Numerical simulation results suggested that the HETP value can be possibly reduced to the order of 10 μm by using an adsorbent with a particle diameter of 5 μm.
