separative work unit

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separative work unit [′sep·rəd·iv ′wərk ‚yü·nət]

(nuclear physics)

A fundamental measure of work required to separate a quantity of isotopic mixture into two component parts, one having a higher percentage of concentration of the desired isotope and one having a lower percentage.

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