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Water elutriator system for recovering nonmagnetic metals from automobile shredder rejects. Report of investigations/1983

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5864704
An 18-in-diam column water elutriator was designed, tested, and operated by the Bureau of Mines for recovering nonferrous mixed metals from automobile shredder rejects. The water elutriator separated metals from nonmetals contained in shredded nonmagnetic rejects. The unit was constructed and integrated into a local automobile shredding operation. Nonmagnetic rejects from the automobile shredder were fed onto the surface of a column of rising water.
Research Organization:
Bureau of Mines, Salt Lake City, UT (USA). Salt Lake City Research Center
OSTI ID:
5864704
Report Number(s):
PB-83-240440
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English