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Vertical flotation of particles in a paramagnetic fluid
journal contribution
posted on 2017-10-06, 10:07 authored by Shi-Xiao Liu, Mark LeaperMark Leaper, Nicholas J. MilesHirota et al. [6] found that the magneto-Archimedes force could be used to levitate biological materials at different heights in pressurized oxygen, providing the possibility to separate them. However the magnetic levitation of mineral particles has not been widely explored. With this in mind some preliminary experiments were performed by levitating pure mineral materials in a paramagnetic solution manganese (II) chloride. Besides the report of levitation heights of various mineral particles in manganese (II) chloride solution, the lines obtained from the basic formula provided by previous researchers were compared with experimental data. The act of cryogenic paramagnetic fluid in the magneto-Archimedes levitation was also demonstrated. The obtained results are compared with the same particle levitation heights in manganese (II) chloride solution.
Funding
This work was funded as part of the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Basic Technology Programme: Magnetic Levitation Technology for Mineral Separation, Nanomaterials, and Biosystems for Space Exploration (GR/S83005/01).
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Chemical Engineering
Published in
Powder TechnologyVolume
261Pages
71 - 77Citation
LIU, S., LEAPER, M. and MILES, N., 2014. Vertical flotation of particles in a paramagnetic fluid. Powder Technology, 261, pp.71-77.Publisher
© ElsevierVersion
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2014ISSN
0032-5910eISSN
1873-328XPublisher version
Language
- en