Magnetohydrodynamic Pump

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Magnetohydrodynamic Pump

 

(MHD pump), a machine for conveying electrically conductive liquids (for example, liquid metals). Magnetohydrodynamic pumps are divided into induction and conduction types.

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