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Lindsayyyy
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Hi everyone
I want to separate isotopes of uranium with some kind of a mass spectrometer. The isotopes are
Mass numbers 95
Atom numbers 235 and 238
Question:
How long does it take to extract 1kg of the 235 isotope if I have a ray of charged ions (charge = e) when the beam current is I=1mA ?
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I searched for the mass of an atom of uran (238.0289 u). Then I calculated how much atoms I have by dividing the mass 1kg by the mass of one atom.
The euqation for the current is:
[tex] I= \frac {eN}{t}[/tex]
wheres e is the charge of an electron
N is the number of atoms
and t the time.
Now I solved the equation for t and used the given numbers.
Is this attempt right?
(my solution is t=1.13*10^5)
Thanks for your help.
Homework Statement
I want to separate isotopes of uranium with some kind of a mass spectrometer. The isotopes are
Mass numbers 95
Atom numbers 235 and 238
Question:
How long does it take to extract 1kg of the 235 isotope if I have a ray of charged ions (charge = e) when the beam current is I=1mA ?
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
I searched for the mass of an atom of uran (238.0289 u). Then I calculated how much atoms I have by dividing the mass 1kg by the mass of one atom.
The euqation for the current is:
[tex] I= \frac {eN}{t}[/tex]
wheres e is the charge of an electron
N is the number of atoms
and t the time.
Now I solved the equation for t and used the given numbers.
Is this attempt right?
(my solution is t=1.13*10^5)
Thanks for your help.