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Title: Electromagnetic confinement for vertical casting or containing molten metal

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5729777

An apparatus is described for confining molten metal to a regional including: a magnet having a top and a bottom, and a central aperture which is broadly elliptical connecting the top and the bottom, the magnet surrounding and defining a central region in which an alternating magnetic field generated by the magnet varies as {ital B{sub y}} = (2{mu}{ital o}{rho}{ital gy}){sup {1/2}} where B{sub y} is the vertical component of the magnetic field generated by the magnet at the boundary of the region, y is the distance measured downward from the top of the region, {rho} is the metal density, g is the acceleration of gravity and {mu}{sub 0} is the permeability of free space. A method is also described for confining molten metal to a region.

Assignee:
Arch Development Corp., Chicago, IL (USA)
Patent Number(s):
US 4982796; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-259387A
OSTI ID:
5729777
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 18 Oct 1988
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English