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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Carlos Ruiz, Carlos Rinaldi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 198 | Number 3 | June 2017 | Pages 319-326
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2017.1297170
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This work presents the effects that produce the change in entropy during separation processes; it takes into account the dilution of UF6 in a carrier gas (H2, He, N2, Ar, Xe, SF6, etc.). Comparisons were made between two technologies: one a mature process currently used, i.e., centrifugation (process A), and the other in development, i.e., processes based on a laser [Condensation Repression Isotope Separation by Laser (CRISLA), Molecular Laser Isotope Separation (MLIS), etc.] (process B). The calculations were made using the principles of mix thermodynamics. The results indicate that entropy expenditure is two orders of magnitude higher than that necessary to separate isotopes when the amount (of isotopes) is the same in both process A and process B.