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Old 06-11-2015, 02:08 PM   #6 (permalink)
jamesqf
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I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work in principle. After all, centrifuge enrichment of uranium hexafluoride gas is one way to separate the fissionable U-235 from the U-238. Whether the production rate would be high enough to be useful is another question.

One drawback, though, is that the enriched gas is going to contain a lot more argon and CO2, because they're heavier than oxygen.
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