Migration of Paramagnetic Ions in Glass Melts Under Influence of a Magnetic Field

Magnetic forces are widely used to influence the properties of materials.The main focus of recent investigations concerning oxide melts mainly was on the use of Lorentz forces either to mix glass melts to avoid an improved inhomogeneity or to measure the flow of these melts.In the last years also the use of magnetic gradient forces has become an object of research mainly in electrochemistry.On the basis of preliminary investigations the influence of these forces on paramagnetic ions such as Fe;in oxide melts is investigated to examine the potential of magnetic gradient forces as a tool to create defined gradient materials.

Corrosion behavior of Al-3.0 wt%Mg alloy in NaCl solution under magnetic field

The influences of applied magnetic field on the corrosion behavior of Al-3.0 wt%Mg alloy in 3.5 wt% NaCl solution were investigated by electrochemical measurements,scanning electron microscopy（SEM）and energy-dispersive spectroscopy（EDS）.Stochastic analysis was applied to investigate the influences of applied magnetic field.The results indicate that the application of horizontal magnetic field of 0.4 T would increase the pitting corrosion potential（E_（pit））,decrease the corrosion current density（i_（corr））,prolong the pit initiation time,slow down the pit generation rate and inhibit the growth of pitting of the tested alloys in 3.5 wt% NaCl solution.The applied magnetic field would also change the mechanism of pit initiation of Al-3.0 wt%Mg alloy from A_3 model（without magnetic field）to A_3＋A_4 model（with magnetic field）.The intermediate product Al_（（ad））~＋ is the paramagnetic ion that would be influenced by magnetic field sensitively.

Localization of rare earth ions in an inhomogeneous magnetic field toward their magnetic separation

Efficient extraction and recycling methods are an important issue for rare earth elements(REE). The significant differences in their magnetic moments make magnetic separation a promising step. Although the magnetic field gradient manipulation of ions seemed to be impossible, the robust enrichment of some paramagnetic RE ions was found in the vicinity of the magnet. The studies in recent years resolved the physical paradox of why, despite the Brownian motion of the ions, there is a reproducible enrichment of RE ions in magnetic field gradients. The existence of trigger process and energy barrier was proved.However, these studies usually used only high paramagnetic ions, e.g., Dy(Ⅲ) or Ho(Ⅲ). This work verifies the theory of the possible magnetic separation for 8 different rare earth ions, respectively. For this purpose, concentration distribution in rare earth chloride solutions were measured using a MachZehnder interferometer. The magnetic field was assured by a Halbach configuration to enhance the effect. The results show the classification of RE solutions into 2 classes: Class I contains the REs with low magnetic moment, whereas Class II includes the REs of high magnetic moment. Only the latter group shows the enrichment of ions in the vicinity of the magnet which encourages the implementation of magnetic separation into existing hydrometallurgical technology to enhance the selectivity of REE.