Method of Controlling the Mercury Vapor Pressure in a Photo-chemical Lamp Or Vapor Filter Used for Hg.sup. 196 Enrichment
Method of Controlling the Mercury Vapor Pressure in a Photo-chemical Lamp Or Vapor Filter Used for Hg.sup. 196 Enrichment

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Published: 1993

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The present invention is directed to a method of eliminating the cold spot zones presently used on Hg.sup. 196 isotope separation lamps and filters by the use of a mercury amalgams, preferably mercury - indium amalgams. The use of an amalgam affords optimization of the mercury density in the lamp and filter of a mercury enrichment reactor, particularly multilamp enrichment reactors. Moreover, the use of an amalgam in such lamps and/or filters affords the ability to control the spectral line width of radiation emitted from lamps, a requirement for mercury enrichment.