Electrochemical Magnetohydrodynamic Pumping of Ionic Liquids

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An ionic liquid was chosen as a new type of fluid used to demonstrate the magnetohydrodynamic pumping principle using an ionic current derived from an electrochemical reaction. A simple pump was constructed and was successful in achieving moderate flow rates, as well as reversibility in flow direction and in electrochemical reaction. The Lorentz Law is applicable to this situation thus allowing the Lorentz force to be calculated.