Lasers in chemical processing
Abstract
The high cost of laser energy is the crucial issue in any potential laser processing application. It is expensive relative to other forms of energy and to most bulk chemicals. Those factors that have frustrated attempts to find commercially viable laser induced processes for the production of materials are shown. Having identified the general criteria to be satisfied to be satisfied by an economically successful laser process and shown how these imply the laser system requirements, a status report on the uranium laser isotope separation (LIS) program is presented.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- April 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982STIN...8329700D
- Keywords:
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- Chemical Engineering;
- Isotope Separation;
- Laser Applications;
- Uranium Isotopes;
- Hyperfine Structure;
- Laser Pumping;
- Lasers and Masers