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pontifier • today at 1:03 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

I can imagine that this line of research could lead to small scale isotopic separation. Forbidden tech: "watch as the u235 drops out of solution"


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exmadscientist • today at 9:36 PM

This works for deuterium to hydrogen, but only barely (0.06%!). And that's a 2:1 mass ratio. Uranium separation is 238:235, roughly, or 1.013:1. Not so easy!