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ASP Isotopes Inc. Receives Purchase Order from a Leading Global Industrial Gases Company for the Supply of Highly Enriched Electronic Gases
- Purchase order covers supply of highly enriched silicon-28, which is expected to be supplied in 2024. - This purchase order is the second order for the
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[{"type":"text","content":" - Purchase order covers supply of highly enriched silicon-28, which is expected to be supplied in 2024. - This purchase order is the second order for the supply of enriched electronic gases in 2024. - The Company is in discussions with multiple potential customers regarding the supply of highly enriched isotopically pure electronic gases for next-generation semiconductors, anticipated to enable technologies such as quantum computing and artificial intelligence. WASHINGTON, June 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ASP Isotopes Inc. NASDAQ: ASPI (\"ASP Isotopes” or the “Company”), an advanced materials company dedicated to the development of technology and processes for the production of isotopes for use in multiple industries, today announced that it has received a purchase order from a leading global industrial gases company to supply highly enriched silicon-28. The product is expected to be supplied from the Company’s South African production facility and shipped to the customer in the USA during 2024. ASP Isotopes expects highly enriched silicon-28 to be required by manufacturers of next-generation semiconductors. Naturally occurring silicon has three isotopes – 28, 29 and 30. The 29 isotope has a ½ positive spin, which is an intrinsic form of angular momentum carried by elementary particles. In contrast, highly enriched silicon-28 is spin-free where qubits are protected from sources of decoherence that causes loss of quantum information(1). In addition to its potential to process superior information such as qubits, it is believed that highly enriched silicon-28 can conduct heat 150% more efficiently(2) than natural silicon, which will potentially allow for chips to become smaller, faster and cooler. ASP Isotopes’ proprietary technology can enrich isotopes of low atomic mass (such as silane (SiH4), molecular mass of 32), as well as isotopes of heavier masses. Other companies developing methods to enrich silicon generally either enrich silicon tetrafluoride (SiF4) or a halo silane. Neither of these chemicals can be used directly by a semiconductor company and require chemical converting processes that potentially harm the purity of the final product. By processing silane directly, the Company believes that its finished product will be a higher quality and may be used by semiconductor companies without the need for additional chemica...