METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATING SIMPLE CHEMICAL INTITIES FROM CHEMICALLY COMPLEX BODIES OR MIXTURES OF SIMPLE BODIES

The invention relates to a method for separating simple chemical entities, which may or may not be charged, from chemically complex bodies or from mixtures of simple bodies, consisting in subjecting the chemically complex body or bodies or the mixture of simple bodies to the action of a plasma torch and, subsequently, subjecting the resulting plasma to the action of a magnetic field in which the field lines are essentially oriented perpendicularly to the direction of the plasma jet.