Separation of compounds of varying adsorbabilities

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A PROCESS FOR SEPARATING MIXTURES OF COMPOUNDS OF VARYING ADSORBABILITIES WHICH COMPRISES CONTINOUSLY INTRODUCING A FEED STOCK COMPRISING MATERIAL OF RELATIVELY HIGH ADSORBABILITY AND MATERIAL OF RELATIVELY LOW ADSORBABILITY TO THE INTERIOR OF A CENTRIFUGE WHEEL AT A POINT INTERMEDIATE THE HUB AND PERIPHERY OF SAID WHEEL, CONTINUOUSLY INTRODUCING FINELY DIVIDED ADSORBENT MATERIAL ON WHICH THE MATERIAL OF RELATIVELY HIGH ADSORBABILITY IS MORE READILY ADSORBED THAN THE MATERIAL OF RELATIVELY LOW ADSORBABILITY TO THE INTERIOR OF THE CENTRIFUGE WHEEL AT A POINT NEARER THE HUB THEREOF THAN THE POINT OF INTRODUCTION OF THE FEED STOCK, CAUSING THE ADSORBENT MATERIAL TO MOVE COUNTERCURRENTLY TO THE FEED STOCK UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CENTRIFUGAL FORCE, WITHDRAWING ADSORBENT MATERIAL HAVING ADSORBED THEREON MATERIAL OF RELATIVELY HIGH ADSORBABILITY FROM A POINT IN THE CENTRIFUGE WHEEL NEARER THE PERIPHERY THEREOF THAN THE POINT OF INTRODUCTION OF THE FEED STOCK, RECOVERING MATERIAL OF RELATIVELY HIGH ADSORBABILITY FROM THE SO WITHDRAWN ADSORBENT MATERIAL, AND WITHDRAWING A STREAM SUBSTANTIALLY DEPLETED IN MATERIAL OF RELATIVELY HIGH ADSORBABILITY FROM A POINT IN THE CENTRIFUGE WHEEL NEARER THE HUB OF THE WHEEL THAN THE POINT OF INTRODUCTION OF THE ADSORBENT MATERIAL.