The Magnetic Field Effect on Ionic Mass Transport

THE MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECT ON IONIC MASS TRANSPORT 

The quantitatively most tangible effect of magnetic field imposition has been found in the area of ionic mass transport. There is abundant experimental evidence in the earlier literature for increasing mass transport rates under the influence of magnetic fields, although opposite observations have also been made under specific conditions. From an empirical 

Surface wave formation and stationary vortex formation are particularly effective demonstrations of convection enhancement via magnetic fields. A theoretical prediction for aqueous electrolytes was corroborated by experimental evidence produced in a concentric cylindrical cell using copper electrodes and aqueous cupric sulfate electrolytes. Similar observations were reported by Gak and co-workers. Self-sustained oscillations induced by nonhomogeneous periodic and aperiodic magnetic fields have been demonstrated in photographs showing contiguous six- and seven-vortex cluster domains in the experimental apparatus. 

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V. THE MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECT ON IONIC MASS TRANSPORT... 

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