A novel MagLev-based separation approach for heavy metal recycling

Separation is crucial for recycling heavy metals, however, most of the reported processes focus on separating metals from non-metals. Here we propose a magnetic levitation (MagLev) configuration to separate heavy metals from metallic mixtures. The novel configuration is able to levitate substances with specific densities over 5.00 g/cm3, while the extant MagLev devices can only handle materials that have specific densities no more than 3.00...