3. Centrifugation
3.1 General
The gas centrifuge separation process is based on the diffusion of the components of a mixture under the effect of a pressure gradient.
The separation of light particles in suspension by rapid rotation has long been known and used, for example, for skimming milk. The first application to molecules in a gas mixture was by Bredig in 1895. As early as 1919, Lindemann and Aston considered the use of gravitational fields to separate neon isotopes. The first centrifuge to operate in a rarefied atmosphere was used by Beams
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