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A containerless levitation setup for liquid processing in a superconducting magnet
- Source :
- Review of Scientific Instruments. 79:093903
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- AIP Publishing, 2008.
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Abstract
- Containerless processing of materials is considered beneficial for obtaining high quality products due to the elimination of the detrimental effects coming from the contact with container walls. Many containerless processing methods are realized by levitation techniques. This paper describes a containerless levitation setup that utilized the magnetization force generated in a gradient magnetic field. It comprises a levitation unit, a temperature control unit, and a real-time observation unit. Known volume of liquid diamagnetic samples can be levitated in the levitation chamber, the temperature of which is controlled using the temperature control unit. The evolution of the levitated sample is observed in real time using the observation unit. With this setup, containerless processing of liquid such as crystal growth from solution can be realized in a well-controlled manner. Since the levitation is achieved using a superconducting magnet, experiments requiring long duration time such as protein crystallization and simulation of space environment for living system can be easily succeeded.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Temperature control
Weightlessness
Temperature
Water
Mechanical engineering
Equipment Design
Superconducting magnet
Spin-stabilized magnetic levitation
Magnetic field
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Electrodynamic suspension
Levitation
Diamagnetism
Muramidase
Crystallization
Electromagnetic Phenomena
Instrumentation
Magnetic levitation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00346748
- Volume :
- 79
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1f7a2b790b6037243f465ec14fa42bac