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eppur_se_muova

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2. No mention of possible isotope enrichment, which could be used to boost power.

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 11:59 AM

Jun 6

Standard commercial C-13 enrichment is done by CO distillation; an even higher enrichment factor should be obtained for C-14. Of course, you don't need very high enrichment levels to build a more powerful battery for low-current applications. There are probably enough C-13 enrichment columns in the world that one could certainly be diverted for just C-14 enrichment.

https://nsc.jp.nipponsanso.com/Portals/0/resources/en/rd/giho/pdf/41/tnscgiho41_E07.pdf
(Compares CO vs CF4 distillation)

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A Diamond Battery (Carbon-14 based) to Run for Millenia. [View all] NNadir Jun 6 OP

Interesting. Thanks. Easterncedar Jun 6 #1

No mention of possible isotope enrichment, which could be used to boost power. eppur_se_muova Jun 6 #2

In the old days, a lot of metabolic studies were done with 14C. To some extent they are being replaced by mass spec... NNadir Jun 6 #3