%0 Journal Article %T Sedimentation of Magnetic Suspensions of Magnetite %A X. YangC. Aldricho %J The Open Mineral Processing Journal %D 2008 %I %R 10.2174/1874841400801010018] %X The gravity sedimentation of three narrow-sized fractions of suspensions of magnetite particles exposed to magnetic fields ranging from 0 to 180 x 10-4 T was studied experimentally. At volumetric solids concentrations in excess of 15%, the magnetized suspensions of magnetite with size fractions ranging from -75 to +38 ¦Ìm settled more slowly than the non-magnetized suspensions. However, owing to relatively weak magnetic interaction, the sedimentation of the magnetized and non-magnetized -38 ¦Ìm size fractions was similar. %U http://www.benthamscience.com/open/tompj/articles/V001/18TOMPJ.htm