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An apparatus and method are provided for operating on material disposed in a container. In one form, an intense radiation beam is generated exterior of the container and is directed through an opening or window in the wall of the container along a predetermined path so as to predeterminately interse

An apparatus and method are provided for operating on material disposed in a container. In one form, an intense radiation beam is generated exterior of the container and is directed through an opening or window in the wall of the container along a predetermined path so as to predeterminately intersect matter disposed within the container and react on said matter. The beam may be generated by a laser or electron gun and may operate to perform one or more of such operations as creating chemical reactions, heating, volatizing, eroding, welding or exploding matter within the chamber which it intersects. Means are also provided for controlling the means generating the beam and means for admitting and removing matter relative the chamber.

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A method for reacting on matter comprising: (a) controllably directing a predetermined quantity of matter to be operated on into a reaction chamber having a wall containing a window through which window radiant energy may pass; (b) supporting an intense radiant energy beam generating means exterior

A method for reacting on matter comprising: (a) controllably directing a predetermined quantity of matter to be operated on into a reaction chamber having a wall containing a window through which window radiant energy may pass; (b) supporting an intense radiant energy beam generating means exterior of said chamber and, when said predetermined quantity of matter has been predeterminately disposed in said chamber, energizing said beam generating means so as to cause it to generate a pulse of intense radiant beam energy; (c) directing said pulse of intense radiant beam energy from said generating means through said window to the interior of the chamber; (d) causing said pulse of intense radiant beam energy to intersect said matter within said chamber; (e) transferring sufficient radiant energy from said pulse of intense radiant beam energy to said matter so as to intensely heat said matter disposed in said chamber and to cause a predetermined change in said matter; and (f) thereafter controllably removing material reacted on by said beam from said chamber by passing said material through a valve, and further including actuating said valve at a predetermined time after operating said radiant energy generating means to cause it to open for exhausting material from said chamber.