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Old 08-26-2022, 06:41 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by rmay635703 View Post
In terrestrial conditions it has long been believed a microscopic set of oppositely charged and magnefied plates could be used to concentrate “polar substances “ in a liquid/gas towards one plate allowing you to separate them using minimal power

This could be used to remove some of the salt in water or some of the co2/water vapor in air
I did a quick search, but no luck finding info on this.

There a re a few patents about concentrating O2 with magnets, but the para/dia magnetic forces is so small I don't see this idea working to any useful degree.
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