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US 5,919,737 AGranted
Method of separating a superconducting fraction from a mixture
OwnerEfim Broideinventor
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Abstract
A method for separating a powder into a superconducting fraction and a tailing fraction, or of separating a powder into a magnetically active fraction and a tailing fraction. The powder is mixed with a paramagnetic liquid to form a slurry. The slurry is poured down an incline while being subjected to a downslope-traveling magnetic field. The superconducting or magnetically active particles move upslope.
Claims9
A method for separating a powder including a superconducting fraction having a certain superconducting transition temperature and a tailing fraction, comprising the steps of:
- (a) suspending the powder in a liquid at a temperature below said superconducting transition temperature, thereby forming a suspension;
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- (b) imposing a traveling magnetic field, having a certain travel direction, on said suspension;
- thereby causing the superconducting fraction to move in a direction opposite to said travel direction.
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