Back طاردة مركزية غازية Arabic سەنتەرفیۆگلی گاز CKB Gaszentrifuge German Centrifugadora de gas Spanish سانتریفیوژ گازی FA Centrifugation gazeuse French 가스 원심분리기 Korean Gas-ultracentrifuge Dutch Газовая центрифуга Russian Газова центрифуга Ukrainian
A gas centrifuge is a device that performs isotope separation of gases. A centrifuge relies on the principles of centrifugal force accelerating molecules so that particles of different masses are physically separated in a gradient along the radius of a rotating container. A prominent use of gas centrifuges is for the separation of uranium-235 (235U) from uranium-238 (238U). The gas centrifuge was developed to replace the gaseous diffusion method of 235U extraction. High degrees of separation of these isotopes relies on using many individual centrifuges arranged in series that achieve successively higher concentrations. This process yields higher concentrations of 235U while using significantly less energy compared to the gaseous diffusion process.