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 10$^{14}$ cm$^{-3}$ is demonstrated. The sputtering yield of the substance being separated achieves (2.8–2.6) $\times$ 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 $\mathbf{E}\times\mathbf{H}$ crossed fields is estimated.