This video illustrates how a fluidized bed separates materials with two different densities. The fluidized bed is six inches in diameter and is filled with a mixture of glass beads (gray) and ground corn cob (brown). The glass beads are denser than the corn cob so when the bed is fluidized they work their way to the bottom and the corn cob gets pushed to the top.
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