relation: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2169/ title: Purification of liquid indium by electric current-induced impurity migration in a static transverse magnetic field creator: Bardi, Ugo creator: Borri, Claudia creator: Lavacchi, Alessandro creator: Tolstogouzov, Alexander creator: Trunin, E.B. creator: Trunina, O.E subject: QD Chemistry subject: T Technology (General) description: We have developed an original method for indium purification. Our approach is based on the directional transfer of impurities by applying crossed electric and magnetic fields to the melting volume. The method reduced the concentration of nickel and tin by a factor of 10 while copper was reduced by a factor of 3. A simple hydrodynamic mass transport model describing the process was also derived. publisher: Elsevier date: 2009 type: Article type: PeerReviewed format: application/pdf language: en identifier: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2169/1/Purification%20of%20liquid%20indium.pdf identifier: Bardi, Ugo and Borri, Claudia and Lavacchi, Alessandro and Tolstogouzov, Alexander and Trunin, E.B. and Trunina, O.E Purification of liquid indium by electric current-induced impurity migration in a static transverse magnetic field. Scripta Materialia , 60 (6). 423 - 426. ISSN 1359-6462 (2009) relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359646208008129 relation: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2008.11.009