Removal of nonconducting impurities from liquid metals in the self magnetic field of an electric current

E. I. Shilova

Institute of Physics, Latvian Academy of Sciences, Salaspils-1, LV-2169, Latvia

Abstract
The efficiency with which nonconducting particles are separated in the magnetic field of an electric current along the axis of a cylindrical liquid-metal conductor is estimated. Formulas are derived for the forces acting on particles of different shapes and for the time for particles to settle out on the tube walls.