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hydrogen sul?de.
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sul?de.
lowing expression:
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a_D/H (mercaptan)
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the solution flowing from tower '10 to tower '16, vand then
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captan that flows from the top of the cold tower to the
20 bottom of the hot tower. Thus the upwardly ?owing-men
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from the group consisting of mercaptans and hydrogen
sul?de in a countercurrent system comprising a plurality.
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of said "two stages to cause an exchange of hydrogen 10 mercaptan and said-solution intimately-in each of said
two stages to cause an~exchangeof hydrogen isotopes "to
in said aqueous solution in said two stages to cause the 30 aqueous solution in said two stages to cause the concen
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said aqueous solution :in said two stages to cause the con
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mixing said substance and said solution intimately in each
of said stages to cause an exchange of hydrogen isotopes
to take place between said 5: zbstance and said solution,
withdrawing solution enriched with respect to deuterium
from a point between each pair of temperature stages
and feeding it to the low temperature stage of the next
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respect to deuterium from the high temperature stage of
each pair of stages and re-introducing it into said system
at a point between the next preceding pair of temperature
stages, and withdrawing as product solution enriched with
respect to deuterium at a point between the last pair of
temperature stages of said countercurrent system.
19. The method of increasing the concentration of the