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A Study Of The Xenon Vapour Pressure Isotope Effect

Abstract

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The goal of this research was to study the xenon vapour pressure isotope effect (VPIE) and this was done to explore the feasibility of doing the Xe enrichment, using a 1.83 m high, cryogenic distillation column at Carleton University. One of the famous isotopes for the 0vββ decay detection is 136Xe which is not easily available in pure form, and it is available from the Centrifuge systems in Russia. Therefore, the VPIE of xenon isotopes were needed which have not been measured to date. The VPIE from this work would be 5.28 x 10-5 while the theoretical value reported by Tew is 5.17 x10-5 per mass unit. Thus, the experi-mental and theoretical values agree with the accuracy of the present slope measurement. Moreover, the data demonstrate for the first time the linear dependence of the VPIE across a range of isotopes, and this is consistent with the theoretical predictions.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
Level thesis:degree_level
Master's
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Physics
Grantor dc:publisher
Carleton University
Year dc:date.issued
2020

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Alamre, Amal Abdullah

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • Copyright © 2020 the author(s). Theses may be used for non-commercial research, educational, or related academic purposes only. Such uses include personal study, research, scholarship, and teaching. Theses may only be shared by linking to Carleton University Institutional Repository and no part may be used without proper attribution to the author. No part may be used for commercial purposes directly or indirectly via a for-profit platform; no adaptation or derivative works are permitted without consent from the copyright owner.
Language dc:language.iso
en

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oai:carleton.scholaris.ca:20.500.14718/40641

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Alamre, Amal Abdullah. A Study Of The Xenon Vapour Pressure Isotope Effect. Master's thesis, Carleton University, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14718/40641