Electromagnetic separation techniques in metal casting. I. Conventional methods

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4 PART 2, 2000, Pages 2015-2021

  Makarov, Sergey ^a,b   Ludwig, Reinhold ^a,b   Apelian, Diran ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic forces; Electromagnetic separation; Materials processing; Metal casting; Metals industry; Power coefficient; Power force efficiency; Separation efficiency

Indexed keywords

LORENTZ FORCES;

ALUMINUM CASTINGS; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; INCLUSIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; METAL CASTING; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

MAGNETIC SEPARATION;

EID: 0034222096     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.875303     Document Type: Article

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