A Centrifuge is characterized as a rotating vessel for uranium enrichment. The heavier U238 isotopes in the UF6 gas tend to concentrate at the walls of the centrifuge as it spins. Scopes are placed inside the centrifuge to selectively separate the U238 and U235 isotopes.

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"Centrifuges" is in the UNSPSC Code "40161701"
Centrifuges

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