Levitation of liquid sodium droplets
| Autor: | Alan W. Cramb, S. S. Roy, James F. Hoburg, B. Lally |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Electromagnetic field
Liquid metal Mathematical model business.industry Sodium Metals and Alloys chemistry.chemical_element Mechanics Condensed Matter Physics Inductor Casting Physics::Fluid Dynamics Optics chemistry Mechanics of Materials Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters Materials Chemistry Levitation business Audio frequency |
| Zdroj: | Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B. 26:1183-1190 |
| ISSN: | 1543-1916 1073-5615 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf02654003 |
| Popis: | Droplets of liquid sodium ranging from 1.2 to 2.1 g, immersed in mineral oil, were levitated in an electromagnetic field. The experimental setup was designed and constructed to levitate small metal droplets at audio frequencies. The levitated droplet was found to be very stable inside the inductor, and the equilibrium shape attained by the droplet in the electromagnetic field was measured during the experiment. A surface coupled mathematical model was used to calculate the self-consistent equilibrium droplet shape of liquid sodium under the influence of an electromagnetic field. The predicted shapes of the metal droplet and the position of the droplet inside the inductor compare well with the experimental data. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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