Method and apparatus for separating materials magnetically. [Patent application; iron pyrite from coal]

Patent · Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6306646

Hise, Jr, E C; Holman, A S; Friedlaender, F J

Magnetic and nonmagnetic materials are separated by passing stream thereof past coaxial current-carrying coils which produce a magnetic field wherein intensity varies sharply with distance radially of the axis of the coils.

• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• OSTI ID: 6306646
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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