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Table 2 Magnetic susceptibility of major organic and inorganic materials

From: New development of compact magnetic separator for on-site material screening in various geological survey

Materials

χDIA × 10−7 (emu/g)

(Organic materials)

Alanine: C3H7NO

 − 5.6

Anthracene: C14H10

 − 7.2

Cellulose: (C6H10O5)n

 − 5.7

Methane: CH4

 − 8.00

Naphthalene: C10H8

 − 7.08

Polypropylene: C3H6

 − 7.6

Polystyrene: (C8H8)n

 − 6.9

Proline: C5H9NO2

 − 6.0

Urea: CH4N2O

 − 5.6

(Inorganic materials)

Alumina: Al2O3

 − 3.63

Bismuth: Bi

 − 13

Calcite: CaCO3

 − 3.55

Carbon dioxide: CO2

 − 4.77

Diamond: C

 − 5.88

Enstatite: MgSiO3

 − 4

Forsterite: Mg2SiO4

 − 3.3

Graphite: C

 − 52.0

Ice Ih: H2O

 − 6.8

Magnesia: MgO

 − 2.6

Quartz: SiO2

 − 3.7 to − 4.7

Silicon Carbide: SiC

 − 3.19

Silver: Ag

 − 1.9

Water: H2O

 − 7.02

  1. Gupta (1983), Hisayoshi et al. (2016)
  2. From “Magnetic separation of general solid particles realized by a permanent magnet” https://www.nature.com/articles/srep38431