Magnetic Separation 1
Magnetic Separation
See also Solid Solid Separation, Introduction
William J. Bronkala, Applied Magnetic Systems, Inc., Greenfield, Wisconsin 53 220, United States
1. History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Principles of Magnetic Separation .
3. Types and Basic Application of Mag-
netic Separators . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.1. Tramp Iron Removal . . . . . . . . . .
1. History
In the mid-1800s, Faraday demonstrated in a
series of experiments that any substance placed
in a magnetic field will either increase or de-
crease, to a varying extent, the magnetic field
passing through it. This variation in the magnetic
susceptibilities of different materials makes pos-
sible the phenomenon of magnetic separation
(see Chap. 2).
Based on its magnetic susceptibility, a mate-
rial can be classified as ferromagnetic (strongly
attracted magnetically), paramagnetic (attracted
magnetically to some degree), or diamagnetic
(repelled by a magnetic field).
All materials may be termed magnetic, al-
though the relative value of the induced mag-
netism might be very small. Ferromagnetic ma-
terials have magnetic properties similar to iron,
and some ferromagnetic materials will retain
their magnetic properties in the absence of an
applied magnetic field. This phenomenon is
known as remanence. Paramagnetic materials
have a positive magnetic susceptibility (showing
a weak attraction to a magnet), and diamagnetic
materials have a negative magnetic susceptibil-
ity (showing a weak repulsion from a magnet).
Ferromagnetic materials are amenable to low-
intensity separation and paramagnetic materials
to high-intensity separation.
Since the work of Faraday, numerous mag-
netic devices have been developed that utilize
differences in magnetic susceptibility to obtain
physical separation of mineral products. The
first successful commercial application of mag-
netic separators was the separation of iron from
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1 3.2. Mineral Concentration and Product
1 Purification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.2.1. Wet Magnetic Separators . . . . . . . . 6
3.2.2. Dry Magnetic Separators . . . . . . . . 7
3 4. Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3 5. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
brass in the late 1860s, followed by the separa-
tion and concentration of the ferromagnetic min-
eral magnetite.
Low-intensity electromagnetic separators
of various configurations were developed after
1880 for wet and dry magnetic separation of fer-
romagnetic materials; these were followed in the
early 1900s by high-intensity magnetic separa-
tors and permanent magnet separators. The first
permanent magnet material was an aluminum
nickel cobalt iron alloy designated ALNICO,
which was followed in the 1950s by ceramic
barium and strontium ferrite permanent mag-
nets, and in the 1980s by rare-earth magnets
( Magnets and Magnetic Materials).
High-intensity magnetic separators of sev-
eral types were developed to separate paramag-
netic materials of lower positive magnetic sus-
ceptibility. The first high-intensity separators
were largely confined to dry separation, with
subsequent development of high-intensity wet-
type separators in the early 1960s and the high
gradient magnetic separator (HGMS) in the mid
2. Principles of Magnetic Separation
Magnetic separation is a physical separation of
discrete particles with different permeability or
susceptibility, based on a three-way competition
among tractive magnetic forces; gravitational,
frictional, and inertial forces; and attractive in-
terparticle forces. The feed to magnetic sepa-
rators is split into two or more components. If
the separator is to produce a magnetic concen-
trate, then a weakly paramagnetic or diamag-
2 Magnetic Separation
netic material in practice simply called nonmag-
netic, constitutes the tailings (or reject) product.
If liberation is incomplete, a less magnetic (mid-
dling) product can result. Each product must be
transported into, through, and out of the mag-
netic separator. The magnetic and competing
forces (gravitational, frictional, hydrodynamic,
or inertial) tend to reduce the degree of separa-
tion.
Definitions (for a more comprehensive treat-
ment, Magnets and Magnetic Materials). A
magnetic field is defined by its magnetic field
strength H (sometimes also called field inten-
sity). The field strength of a homogeneous mag-
netic field in a solenoid with n turns per meter is
given by
H =nI
where I is the current per turn. (The SI unit for
magnetic field strength is A/m.)
The magnetic flux density B is a measurement
of the magnetic forces acting on particles in a
magnetic field. In a vacuum, magnetic flux den-
sity and magnetic field strength are related by
B0 =/A=0 H
where is the magnetic flux (SI unit weber,
1 Wb = 1 m2 kg s2 A1 ), A is the cross section
of the coil, and 0 is the permeability of the vac-
uum (0 = 4 107 N/A2 ). The SI unit for mag- zero. However, if the field has a gradient, i.e., it
netic flux density is the tesla (T =kg s2 A1 ),
1 T = 1 Wb/m2 .
If a material is placed in a magnetic field, the
flux density of this material is given by
B =H
where (SI unit N/A2 ) is the permeability of the
material.
Another method of calculating B for a mate-
rial is
B =0 (H +M ) (1)
where M (SI unit A/m) is the induced magneti-
zation of the substance observed whenever it is
placed in a magnetic field.
The magnetic susceptibility of a material,
(volume susceptibility), is dimensionless and is
defined as the ratio of induced magnetization to
magnetic field strength:
=M/H (2)
Substitution in Equation (1) gives
B =0 H (1+)
The specific magnetic susceptibility is given
by
=/
where is the density of the material. Table 1
lists the magnetic susceptibility of various min-
erals.
Substances with a positive susceptibility (cor-
responding to > 1) are called paramagnetic;
substances with a negative susceptibility (corre-
sponding to 0 < < 1) are called diamagnetic.
As can be shown in Equation (2), substances
with a positive susceptibility have a positive
magnetization and augment the flux density of a
magnetic field; substances with a negative sus-
ceptibility have a negative magnetization and
weaken the flux density.
A magnetic field exerts a force on each of
the two poles of a magnetic dipole, making it
align with the lines of the magnetic field. Be-
cause these forces are exerted in opposite di-
rections, they are equal in a uniform magnetic
field. Therefore, the net force on the dipole is
varies in space, the force on the dipole will be
greater in the direction of the higher field and
will be proportional to the magnetic dipole mo-
ment and the magnitude of the magnetic field
gradient.
Process of Magnetic Separation. Mag-
netic separation relies on the different behav-
ior of individual mineral particles under the
influence of a magnetic field. Ferromagnetic or
paramagnetic materials are attracted along the
lines of the magnetic force from areas of lower
magnetic field strength to higher field strength.
Diamagnetic particles are repelled from areas of
higher magnetic field strength to those of lower
field strength.
The magnetization of various materials is di-
rectly dependent on their degree of magnetic sus-
ceptibility and the strength of the applied mag-
netic field (Eq. 2).
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Table 1. Magnetic susceptibility of minerals

Mineral Susceptibility Mineral Susceptibility

Magnetite 0.12 3.07(a) Graphite 2.2106

Franklinite 3.7103 (a) Fluorite 2.85107 (b)
Ilmenite 1.5103 (a) Aragonite 3.92107
Magnetic pyrite 0.337 5.75103 (a) Calcite 3.63107
Siderite 8.4104 Ruby 4.7107 (b)
Hematite 0.11 1.1103 (a) Topaz 4.2107 (b)
Zircon 1.7107 Beryl 8.26107
Limonite 7 8104 (a) 3.86107 (b)
Corundum 3.4107 (b) Epidote 2.38105
Pyrolusite 6.2 7104 (a) Augite 2.66105
Manganite 4.9104 (a) Adularia 4.27107
Garnet 3.75104 (a) 3.84107
Quartz 1.75 4.38104 (a) 3.17107 (b)
Rutile 1.96106 Diopside 8.8106 (b)
Pyrite 0.2 1.5104 (a) Sapphire 5.7106 (a)
Zincblende 2.64107 (b) Cobaltite 5.8106 (a)
Dolomite 1106 (b) Feldspar 1.6106 (a)
Apatite 2.64106 (b) Limestone 6106 (a)
Willemite 1.9104 (a) Red serpentine 4.1105 (a)
Chalcopyrite 8.5107 (b) Green serpentine 3.5104 (a)
Spinel 0.2107 (b) Antimonite 8.5107 (a)
Galena 3.5107 (b) Mica, transparent 0.8
1.2105 (a)
Halite 5.0107 (b)
Celestine 3.42107
3.14107
3.59107 (b)
Tourmaline 1.12106 (b)

(a) Volume susceptibility; (b) specific susceptibility.

Ferromagnetic materials are quickly satu- 3.1. Tramp Iron Removal

rated magnetically, and increasing the magnetic
field strength will not increase the magnetiza-
tion beyond a certain point. For paramagnetic
materials that are difficult to magnetize, the in-
duced magnetization is proportional to the mag-
netic field strength applied, and some materials,
practically speaking, cannot be saturated.
The efficiency of magnetic separation may
be expressed by both the recovery (i.e., the ratio
of magnetic material in the magnetics relative to
that in the feed) and the grade (i.e., the fraction of
magnetic material in the magnetic concentrate).
Tramp iron magnetic separators are used to pro-
tect material handling and process equipment
such as crushers, pulverizers, and screens. These
applications usually involve dry material or ma-
terial with only surface moisture. Iron coarser
than 3 mm is usually defined as tramp iron.
The size and shape of the tramp iron, together
with the material handling system in use or pro-
posed, must be considered in selecting magnetic
separators suitable for tramp iron removal.
Magnetic equipment that has been developed
for tramp iron removal includes

3. Types and Basic Application of 1) magnetic head pulleyspermanent and elec-

tromagnetic pulleys used as the head pulley
Magnetic Separators in belt conveyor systems;
Magnetic separators are used in two basic areas: 2) suspended magnetsmagnetic units installed
over belt conveyors or feeders;
1) tramp iron removalequipment protection,
and
2) mineral concentration and material purifica-
tion.
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3) plate magnets, which are used at the bottom
of chutes or launders; and
4) grate magnets employed in discharge hop-
pers.
Magnetic Pulleys. Magnetic pulleys are
elongated cylinders supported by a shaft, used as
the head pulley for conveyors that transport ma-
terial in a plant. Magnetic pulleys have magnets
installed in them to provide a magnetic field of
the same strength around the pulley circumfer-
ence, which removes any tramp iron contained in
the product. Magnetic pulleys are easy to install,
have low initial cost, and accomplish continuous
and automatic removal of tramp iron. A typical
installation is shown in Figure 1. Magnetic pul-
leys are available in diameters from 0.2 to 6.8 m
and in widths to match the conveyor belt width.
Figure 1. Operating principle of a magnetic pulley
Suspended Magnets. Suspended magnets
are rectangular steel boxes that contain perma-
nent or electromagnets and provide a magnetic
field to remove tramp iron from material carried
on belt conveyors.
Figure 2. Two ways of mounting suspended magnets to remove core nails from foundry sand on a conveyor belt
These magnets are suspended over conveyor
belts or feeders and develop a deep magnetic
field through which the material on the conveyor
must move. The term deep means that the mag-
netic field of a suspended magnet can extend to
760 mm (a pulleys effective magnetic field only
extends to 130 mm). Any tramp iron contained
in the material being transported will be inter-
cepted and attracted to the suspended magnet
face.
Suspended magnets are available in both per-
manent and electromagnetic types, with the elec-
tromagnetic unit applied to the deeper loads car-
ried on belt conveyors. The depth of material car-
ried on the conveyor belt, the belt speed, and the
clearance required over the material on the belt
will determine the size of the suspended magnet.
Suspended magnets can be made self-cleaning
by installing a conveyor belt that runs over the
face of the magnet. A typical application of a
suspended magnet installation is shown in Fig-
ure 2.
Tramp Iron Magnetic Drums. Magnetic
drum separators are used for tramp iron removal
when installation of magnetic pulleys or sus-
pended magnets is not feasible. The tramp iron
magnetic drum incorporates a magnet assembly
held in a fixed position inside a rotating drum
cylinder or a shell rotated around this magnet
assembly. The active separation zone (within
a few centimeters of the surface of the drum)
draws the ferromagnetic particles onto the sur-
face of the drum; here, the motion of the drum
carries them to a region outside the influence
of the magnetic assembly. The ferromagnetic
particles then drop or are scraped off the edge
of the drum.

Figure 3. Feed arrangement for magnetic drums
A) Overfeed; B) Underfeed
a) Drum shell; b) Magnet; c) Adjustable nonmagnetic (dia-
magnetic) splitter
Figure 4. Operating principle of a plate magnet
a) Plate magnet; b) Hinge; c) Latch
Feed material can be introduced on the top
vertical center line of the rotating shell (over-
feed arrangement) or under the drum for clean
pickup of magnetic material (underfeed ). These
two feed arrangements are illustrated in Fig-
Magnetic Separation 5
ure 3. Overfeed magnetic drums provide the
most complete magnetic removal because grav-
ity is working with the magnetic field rather than
against it as in the underfeed arrangement.
Plate Magnets. Plate magnets (see Fig. 4)
are installed at the bottom of chutes or launders
carrying raw materials. They develop a magnetic
field which attracts and holds any tramp iron that
might be present. Tramp iron is attracted and
held on the face of the plate magnet from which
it must be removed periodically by hand.
A chute angle of 45 or less is recommended,
and the maximum depth of material flowing over
the face of the plate magnet is 115 mm. The plate
magnet should be installed as close to the feed
point as possible.
Grate Magnets. A grate magnet consists of
a set of magnetized tubes installed in a support
frame through which feed material is allowed
to flow. These tubes, containing the magnet ele-
ments, are installed on 25- or 37.5-mm centers,
and the feed material is directed through these
openings. The magnetic material collected on
the magnetized tubes must be cleaned periodi-
cally by hand to remove collected ferromagnet-
ics. Grate magnets can also be used to remove
tramp iron from slurries or liquids. A typical
grate magnet installation is shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5. Operating principle of a grate magnet
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3.2. Mineral Concentration and Product
Purification
The magnetic responsiveness of minerals pro-
vides an effective means of concentrating natu-
rally occurring ores.
Magnetic equipment used in wet mineral con-
centration includes
1) wet magnetic drum separators,
2) magnetic filters,
3) wet high-intensity magnetic separators
(WHIMS), and
4) high-gradient magnetic separators (HGMS).
Magnetic separators used in dry mineral con-
centration include
1) alternating polarity magnetic drum separa-
tors,
2) induced roll magnetic separators,
3) high-intensity crossbelt magnetic separators,
and
4) high-intensity disk-magnetic separators.
3.2.1. Wet Magnetic Separators
Wet magnetic drum separators incorporate a sta-
tionary electro- or permanent magnet assembly
held in a fixed position within a revolving drum
shell. The magnetic drum is mounted in a non-
magnetic tank arrangement.
Figure 6. Wet drum magnetic separator
a) Rotation drum; b) Stationary magnet assembly; c) Re-
pulping box; d) Drum wash
The tank arrangement has a feed entry point
as well as collection hoppers for removal of
the weakly paramagnetic or diamagnetic (non-
magnetic) and ferromagnetic products of the
magnet assembly. A typical arrangement is
shown in Figure 6.
The feed to a wet drum separator is typically
a slurry in which the products to be separated
are carried, with water as a medium.
Wet drum separators have generally been
used to separate ferromagnetic particles such as
magnetite and ferrosilica from diamagnetic sil-
ica and coal fines.
Magnetic Filters. A magnetic filter is a sim-
ple device in which a direct-current electric coil
or permanent magnets are used to inductively
magnetize a steel grid. The steel grid is arranged
in such a way that the feed slurry or liquid passes
through it. The grid has a large number of mag-
netized edges that serve to collect any ferromag-
netic particles present in the slurry or liquid feed.
Periodically, the filter assembly must be
cleaned of the ferromagnetic particles collected,
which means that the feed must be stopped or
bypassed to permit washing or back flushing of
the filter element. Magnetic filters are used to
clean oil, paint, clay slip, and other liquids or
slurries containing fine iron contamination.
Wet High-Intensity Magnetic Separators.
The WHIMS magnetic separator employs a ro-
tating carousel in which a matrix of vertically
grooved plates, enclosed wedge-shaped bars, ex-
panded metal mesh, or steel balls is fixed within
a ring. Figure 7 shows the operation of a carousel
WHIMS unit. At each feed point, the slurry to
be separated is introduced and the magnetics are
collected on the matrix with the diamagnetic
nonmagnetics passing into a nonmagnetic
collection hopper below the separator. As the
matrix rotates, it is washed to remove any phys-
ically entrapped nonmagnetics.
Continued rotation of the matrix brings the
collected ferro- and paramagnetics into an essen-
tially unmagnetized zone where they are washed
off by a high-pressure water jet. These WHIMS
separators have high magnetic field strength (in-
tensity) and high magnetic field gradient and can
separate very weakly paramagnetic particles.

Figure 7. Wet high-intensity magnetic separator (WHIMS)
a) Feed pipe; b) Rotor; c) High-pressure water jet; d) Low-pressure water jet; e) Outer coil; f ) Matrix; g) Nonmagnetics
discharge; h) Magnetics discharge; i) Middlings discharge; j) Trough; k) Inner coil
High-Gradient Magnetic Separators. The
HGMS magnetic separator also has a high mag-
netic field strength and a high magnetic field
gradient, but it employs a static magnetized ma-
trix canister through which the feed slurry is
passed.
Figure 8. Typical flow through a high-gradient magnetic
separator (HGMS)
a) Coil; b) Mild steel circuit; c) Nonmagnetic stainless steel
matrix housing; d) Matrix area; e) Feed control for overfeed
or retention time control for underfeed operation
Typically, this canister has a matrix of packed
stainless steel wool which acts as a collect-
ing element for the magnetic particles. Copper
coils which contain hollow conductors energize
the canister and are cooled by circulating wa-
ter or liquid helium circulating through these
hollow conductors to permit the development
of magnetic flux densities as high as 5 T. This
extremely high flux density will extract very
Magnetic Separation 7
weakly paramagnetic impurities. A typical ap-
plication is in kaolin cleaning. The separation
of paramagnetic biomaterials is described else-
where ( Biochemical Separations, Chap. 8.).
When the matrix is saturated with particles of
a positive magnetic susceptibility, water is intro-
duced to wash the matrix of diamagnetics. The
magnet is then deenergized, and the matrix is
flushed with high-velocity water to remove the
paramagnetics. Processing of the slurry is re-
sumed after reenergization of the magnet. Typ-
ical flow through an HGMS magnetic separator
is shown in Figure 8.
3.2.2. Dry Magnetic Separators
Magnetic Drum Separators. Two types of
magnetic drum are used in mineral concentra-
tion or product purification. In the first type, as
illustrated in Figure 9, the poles of the stationary
magnet assembly alternate across the face width
of the drum. This presents a strong pattern for
holding the ferromagnetics to be removed and
permits use with coarse material (up to 305-mm
diameter).
The second type of magnetic drum, as illus-
trated in Figure 10, uses a magnet assembly in
which the magnetic poles alternate around the
circumference of the drum. This type of magnet
assembly usually has a greater length of magnet
arc (that part of the drum cylinderexpressed in
degreesunder which the magnet is located) and
develops considerable agitation and reorienta-
tion of the ferromagnetic particles as they are
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Figure 9. Magnetic drum separator with radial poles alternating across the face width of the drum
A) Arrangement of poles: a) Drum heads; b) Stationary shaft
B) Principle of operation: a) Revolving cylinder; b) Stationary magnet assembly

Figure 10. Magnetic drum separator with axial poles alternating around the circumference of the drum
A) Arrangement of poles; B) Principle of operation

carried from the feed to the magnetic discharge
point. A magnetic drum is usually fed by a vi-
brating or other type of spreading feeder on the
top vertical center line of the drum. Ferromag-
netic particles are attracted and held to the drum
shell until they pass beyond the end of the mag-
net assembly, where they are discharged into a
magnetic product collection hopper.
In other applications where maximum purity
of the ferromagnetic product is desired, such as
in municipal waste treatment, an underfeed such
as illustrated in Figure 11 is used. In this ap-
plication, the ferromagnetics must be picked up
against the influence of gravity to reach the mag-
netic drum face.
Induced Roll Magnetic Separators. The
induced roll magnet separator is a high-field-
strength magnetic separator that achieves a high
field gradient and can remove paramagnetic
minerals from a dry granular feed. Because of
the narrow magnetic gaps used on this type of
separator, the feed is usually less than 3 mm in
diameter, and because of the surface activity of
very fine material, all particles 74 m (200
mesh) in diameter should be removed.
The induced roll separator has one or more
rotating rolls, made up of alternating steel and
diamagnetic disks that are inductively magne-
tized by an electro- or permanent magnet source.
The principle of operation is shown in Figure 12.

Figure 11. Underfeed magnetic drum separator
a) Magnet; b) Belt conveyor
Figure 12. Induced roll magnetic separator
a) Feeding hopper; b) Pole piece; c) Induced roll; d) Bridge
bar; e) Coil
Feed is introduced from a hopper or feeder
on the top vertical center line of the roll, and the
highly magnetized edges of the steel disks serve
to attract and hold the weakly magnetic mineral
to the roll surface. A change in polarity occurs as
the roll rotates, and the collected magnetics are
discharged after the roll reaches its null point.
Magnetic Separation 9
Various adjustments, such as air gap, roll
speed, splitter setting, feed rate, and field
strength, can be used to control induced roll sep-
arators.
High-Intensity Crossbelt Magnetic Sep-
arators. For very selective concentration of
weakly magnetic (paramagnetic) minerals, the
high-intensity crossbelt separator has been used.
This separator employs a feed belt on which a
thin layer of the feed material is introduced to a
high-strength magnetic field. Paramagnetic ma-
terials are lifted to the upper pole of this field and
transferred by a crossbelt to a collecting hopper.
To obtain the high field gradient required for sep-
aration of weakly magnetic minerals, the upper
pole is shaped to a point (or series of points) for
improved capacity, while the bottom pole is flat.
When various weakly magnetic minerals are to
be concentrated, a series of high-intensity poles
is used, with coil strength increasing at each
pole, or a variation in the field strength of the air
gap may be employed. The operating principle
of the high-intensity crossbelt magnetic separa-
tor is shown in Figure 13.
High-Intensity Disk-Type Magnetic Sep-
arators. The basic design and operation of a
high-intensity, disk-type, rotor separator are
shown in Figure 14. The induced magnet is a
steel ring arranged to rotate between the feed
belt and the primary magnet in such a way
as to discharge para- and ferromagnetic prod-
ucts to the sides of the belt. This separator is
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Figure 13. High-intensity crossbelt magnetic separator

A) Side view: a) Feeding hopper; b) Coil
B) Typical cross section and crossbelt arrangement: a) Parabolic curved nose of upper pole magnet; b) Flat lower pole; c) Feed
belt; d) Crossbelt

used to very selectively concentrate such weakly The newer, high-intensity, high-gradient
paramagnetic materials as columbite, tantalite, magnetic separators open up other areas of mag-
wolframite, monazite, uexenite, and other high- netic treatment that have been pursued in varying
value minerals. The use of a magnetized ring degrees to date. Some of these potential appli-
permits narrower separating air gaps and devel- cations are indicated in the following material:
ops magnetic fields with a high flux density at Mineral beneficiation in addition to those sys-
each air gap. tems listed above:
Antimony Magnesium
Arsenic Mercury
4. Applications Asbestos
Beryllium
Mica
Platinum-group metals
Bismuth Radium
The many types of magnetic separators result Cadmium Scandium
in a wide range of applications for these units. Coal Silicon
Cobalt Silver
They are used in tramp iron removal, mineral Copper Sulfur
processing, and iron recovery: Feldspar Tellurium
Gallium Thallium
Removal of tramp iron: Gold Thorium
Chemicals Pharmaceuticals Graphite Uranium
Cooling fluids Scrap metals Indium Vanadium
Food processing Miscellaneous materials Lead Zinc
Minerals (water, glass, cork, textiles) Lithium Zirconium
Mineral beneficiation:
Aluminum Molybdenum
Barium Nickel
Chromium Niobium
Water treatment (magnetic filtration):
Clay Rare earths Diamagnetic suspended solids (by magnetic
Diamond Rhenium seeding and flocculation)
Garnet Talc Dissolved solids (by magnetic seeding and
Germanium Tantalum
Hafnium Tin flocculation)
Iron Titanium Paramagnetic suspended solids
Kyanite Tungsten Oils
Manganese Yttrium
Recovery of iron: Waste treatment for recovery of ferromag-
Solid waste netic materials:
Heavy media (ferrosilicon)
Coal and oil ash
Ore tailings
Smelter and furnace dust
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Figure 14. High-intensity disk-type magnetic separator

a) Disk-shaped induced magnet; b) Feed belt Enlargement: a) Coil; b) Pole; c) Ring; d) Belt

Removal of paramagnetic particulate impu- 4) condition of feed material (wet, dry, or liquid
rities: slurry),
Chemicals 5) purity required in the ferro- or paramagnetic
Fluids concentrate or the diamagnetic product,
Minerals 6) temperature of the feed material and point of
Pharmaceuticals application,
7) material handling system involved,
Chemical processing:
8) operating cost parameters, and
Recovery of paramagnetic fine precipitates:
9) level of magnetic strength required.
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