Experiment on the production and separation of the pulsed reflective discharge gas-metal plasma

A proprietary way of introducing a working substance to be separated into a reflective-discharge magnetoplasma separator is experimentally verified. The efficiency of working substance delivery using this sputtering mechanism providing a plasma density on the order of 1014 cm−3 is demonstrated. The sputtering yield of the substance being separated achieves (2.6–2.8) × 10−2 atoms/ion depending on the amount of particles in the discharge. Simultaneously, the minimal separation coefficient for light and heavy particles in a rotating plasma subjected to E × H crossed fields is estimated.