@Article{fdmp.2008.004.099,
AUTHOR = {Sayavur I.  Bakhtiyarov, Dennis A.  Siginer},
TITLE = {Electromagnetic Levitation Part I: Theoretical and Experimental Considerations},
JOURNAL = {Fluid Dynamics \& Materials Processing},
VOLUME = {4},
YEAR = {2008},
NUMBER = {2},
PAGES = {99--112},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/fdmp/v4n2/24268},
ISSN = {1555-2578},
ABSTRACT = {Levitation of liquid bodies against gravity is a contactless confinement process appropriate for manufacturing very pure materials. A variety of levitation techniques have been developed over the last few decades, such as aerodynamic, acoustic, electrostatic, microwave, and electromagnetic levitations. More recently, a new generation of novel techniques, essentially combinations of the established primary techniques, has been successfully introduced. Examples are acoustic-electric, aerodynamic-acoustic and acoustic-electromagnetic. The purpose of this series of papers in three parts, Bakhtiyarov and Siginer (2007a,b), is to review the advances in electromagnetic levitation (EML) since its introduction as a containerless melting technique, and a tool for the determination of the thermophysical properties of molten metals under both terrestrial and microgravity conditions.},
DOI = {10.3970/fdmp.2008.004.099}
}