Lasers in materials processing
Abstract
A status report on the uranium Laser Isotope Separation (LIS) Program is presented. Process economic analysis is presented so as to understand how the unique properties of laser photons can be best utilized in the production of materials and components despite the high cost of laser energy. The characteristics of potential applications that are necessary for success are identified, and those factors that have up to now frustrated attempts to find commercially viable laser induced chemical and physical process for the production of new or existing materials are pointed out.
- Publication:
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Presented at the Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Optics
- Pub Date:
- July 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981leo..conf...10D
- Keywords:
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- Fabrication;
- Isotope Separation;
- Laser Applications;
- Photochemical Reactions;
- Synthesis (Chemistry);
- Cost Effectiveness;
- Energy Requirements;
- Lasers and Masers