Optimal zone lengths in multi-pass zone-refining processes

Separations Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 227-233

  Ho, Chii Dong ^a   Yeh, Ho Ming ^a   Yeh, Tzuoo Lun ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Multi pass; Optimum zone length; Zone refining

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; INGOTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PURIFICATION; SEPARATION;

DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; LINEAR GRADIENT; MULTI PASS ZONE REFINING; OPTIMUM ZONE LENGTH;

ZONE MELTING;

EID: 0030259629     PISSN: 09569618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-9618(96)00160-9     Document Type: Article

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