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Micro-gravity: Superconducting coils for crystal growth. Influence of the levitation force on natural convection in the fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2003

L. Quettier ,
O. Vincent-Viry ,
A. Mailfert  and
F. P. Juster
L. Quettier*
Affiliation:
GREEN Groupe de Recherche en Électronique et Électrotechnique de Nancy, 2 avenue de la Forêt de Haye, 54516 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
O. Vincent-Viry
Affiliation:
GREEN Groupe de Recherche en Électronique et Électrotechnique de Nancy, 2 avenue de la Forêt de Haye, 54516 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
A. Mailfert
Affiliation:
GREEN Groupe de Recherche en Électronique et Électrotechnique de Nancy, 2 avenue de la Forêt de Haye, 54516 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
F. P. Juster
Affiliation:
CEA/DSM/DAPNIA/SACM Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
*
lionel.quettier@ensem.inpl-nancy.fr
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Abstract

This paper presents a novel design of superconducting coils able to generate a micro-gravity environment for protein crystal growth in aqueous solution. The structures have been calculated thanks to a method for “inverse source synthesis problem” developed at the GREEN Choice of the angular offset between the directions of magnetic force field and magnetic field in the working area as well as convection phenomena are also studied.

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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , April 2003 , pp. 69 - 73
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© EDP Sciences, 2003

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