SEPARATION OF URANIUM ORE
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December 20, 2016
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December 7, 2007
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Publication Date:
December 2, 1955
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REPORT
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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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COUNTRY Hungary
REPORT NO.
SUBJECT Separation of Uranium ore
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1. The Hungarians have solved the problem of separating 'y jo ,r,g
a modification of the "Finkey (phonetic) Frccess", which -'?sei.s ma':e )f
the finest perlon or Orlon gauze. For the final process a gauze o. 0 ..sues
to the inch ir, ?GPA
with a vibration frequency of q ncy meagnetic snaking a,pparat,us"
3,000 cycles.
Finely powdered uranium ore is then sieved tCl?~:ip
apparatus" beneath. the gauze into
a "-`lotat:i.or
04e gauze is cut into squares of 80 to 10'0 cm. aroun(, the edges of which a
3-cm~?-wide rubber strip is vulcanised. The gauze sTuares are then stretch dl In
frames, which are placed in a ""high-er- -
Before the use of perlon or orlon gauze, gauzes made of chrome nickel. and.
Phosphor-bronze wire were tried. These, however, proved impracticable, as
almost immediately the threads moved out of position, thus rendering the gauze
useless. In the case of perlon and orlon it is possible to weld. the threads
together.
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