Particle Separations by Nonuniform Electric Fields in Liquid Dielectrics, Batch Methods
Particle Separations by Nonuniform Electric Fields in Liquid Dielectrics, Batch Methods
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液体电介质中非均匀电场的颗粒分离,批量方法
DOI:
10.1149/1.2427704
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发表时间:
1960
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
J. P. Schwar
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作者:
H. A. Pohl;J. P. Schwar
The motion of suspended solids in nonuniform electric fields in liquid dielectrics is called dielectrophoresis. Some of the quantitative aspects of dielectrophoretic behavior of solids is reported herein. The yield of precipitated solids is seen to rise with applied voltage in cells of cylindrical geometry, until a critical or "sluff-off" voltage is reached. The yield is seen to decrease with increase of volume fraction of suspended solids in the range of 1 to 50% v/v. The yield depends on voltage gradient, applied potential, cell dimensions, and relative dielectric constants of solid and liquid. In particles of given size, yield is observed to be directly dependent on the dielectric constant. Moisture is shown to have a small but demonstrable effect. As expected, the amount and character of dielectrophoretie behavior is observed to be independent of the direction of the field applied. Current flow during the process was observed to range up to about 20 ~a, and to indicate that a new method of conduction takes place with the particles present. It is suggested that this is due to ionic charging of the particles by usual current flow in the liquid dielectric, with the particles then aiding current flow and energy consumption (dielectric loss) by rotating. The motion of suspended solids caused by nonuniform electric fields is called "dielectrophoresis" (1-3). The most polar material moves toward the place of greatest field intensity. Unlike electrophoresis, this does not require charged particles. Instead, it depends on the force felt by all polar material when in a nonuniform field. It may be described as arising from the unequal pulls exerted by the forward and backward direction of the electric field on the dipole produced in the particle by the field. Reversal of the field produces no change in the direction of the pull on isotropically polarizable particles. Prior work on the more quantitative experimental aspects has shown that the field strength, electrode size, cell size, and particle size are important parameters affecting the yield of material held by the central electrode in a cell of cylindrical geometry. Field strength, electrode size, and particle size show criticality. At certain upper limiting voltages, small central electrode diameters, and small particle sizes, all precipitation appears to be prohibited. The work described here is a continued study of other such factors. The effects of varied dielectric constant of the powder, of the dryness of the system, of the polarity, and of the powder concentration are reported. The apparatus and handling methods used in this study are essentially those as reported earlier. Ef fec t of D ie lect r ic C o n s t a n t of the Powder As shown in the simplif ied theory ( 1 , 2 ) , the effect should be p ropor t iona l to the difference in the dielectr ic cons tan t s of the l iqu id dielectr ic and the