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Since the these are two isotopes of the same element, there will not be any chemical difference between them. That leaves us trying to separate them by physical (mechanical) means. What has been traditionally done is to fluoridate the uranium and make uranium hexafluoride (UF6) and then cool and spin it in a centrifuge. These measures, when done and repeated, allow enrichment of the uranium by gaseous diffusion, which is all about lighter gases diffusing more quickly than gases that have more massive atoms or molecules as their makeup. Another industrial process for the separation of uranium isotopes is centrifugation. Others laboratory or pilot scale methods: thermal diffusion, nozzle expansion, laser techniques, electromagnetic separation (the first method applied), ion-exchange separation, etc.

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