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Separation of lithium isotopes: Electromigration coupling with crystallization

Journal of Molecular Liquids, ISSN: 0167-7322, Vol: 355, Page: 118911
2022
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  • Citations
    9
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      9
  • Captures
    11

Article Description

6 Li and 7 Li, two natural isotopes of lithium, play an important role in the nuclear industry. Here, a system of ionic liquid-crown ether was fabricated for lithium isotope separation and the 6 Li isotope separation coefficient can reach 1.406 that showing a good prospect for lithium isotope separation by this method of electromigration. Interestingly, the single crystal containing crown ether and lithium, in which 7 Li was enriched, was obtained from the experiments. It is contrary to popular wisdom and can be attributed to the steric hindrance effect. This provides a new route to separate lithium isotopes, that is electromigration coupling with crystallization.

Bibliographic Details

Ciming Wang; Huiqun Ju; Xiaolong Zhou; Pengrui Zhang; Zixuan Xue; Lianjing Mao; Fei Shao; Yan Jing; Yongzhong Jia; Jinhe Sun

Elsevier BV

Materials Science; Physics and Astronomy; Chemistry

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