{
  "node": {
    "id": "term:magnetic-separation",
    "type": "Term",
    "label": "Magnetic separation",
    "properties": {
      "id": "magnetic-separation",
      "name": "Magnetic separation",
      "section": "topic-recycling",
      "definition": "Pulling steel — cylindrical-cell cans, screws, brackets — out of the shredded stream with magnets, usually the first separation after shredding.",
      "related": [
        "mechanical-pretreatment",
        "eddy-current-separation",
        "can"
      ],
      "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/magnetic-separation/",
      "mentions": [
        "shredding"
      ]
    }
  },
  "edges": [
    {
      "id": "edge:4299",
      "source": "term:magnetic-separation",
      "target": "topic:topic-recycling",
      "type": "belongsTo",
      "properties": {
        "sourceFile": "terms.json"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "edge:4300",
      "source": "term:magnetic-separation",
      "target": "term:mechanical-pretreatment",
      "type": "relatedTo",
      "properties": {
        "sourceFile": "terms.json",
        "meaning": "Related context; not a causal claim"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "edge:4301",
      "source": "term:magnetic-separation",
      "target": "term:eddy-current-separation",
      "type": "relatedTo",
      "properties": {
        "sourceFile": "terms.json",
        "meaning": "Related context; not a causal claim"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "edge:4302",
      "source": "term:magnetic-separation",
      "target": "term:can",
      "type": "relatedTo",
      "properties": {
        "sourceFile": "terms.json",
        "meaning": "Related context; not a causal claim"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "edge:mentions/magnetic-separation/shredding",
      "source": "term:magnetic-separation",
      "target": "term:shredding",
      "type": "mentions",
      "properties": {
        "sourceFile": "terms.json",
        "method": "build_glossary.mention_index + mentions",
        "field": "definition",
        "meaning": "Text mention; not a causal claim"
      }
    }
  ],
  "neighbors": [
    {
      "id": "topic:topic-recycling",
      "type": "Topic",
      "label": "Recycling and end of life",
      "properties": {
        "id": "topic-recycling",
        "name": "Recycling and end of life",
        "lede": "What happens to a battery after its first life: reuse, and the recycling routes that recover its materials, step by step.",
        "context": "Distinguish recovered material from a qualified product.",
        "example": "High mass recovery alone does not establish battery-grade purity or refining energy demand.",
        "lesson_url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/fundamentals/cell-production/",
        "lesson_label": "Open process context"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "term:mechanical-pretreatment",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "Mechanical pre-treatment",
      "properties": {
        "id": "mechanical-pretreatment",
        "name": "Mechanical pre-treatment",
        "aka": [
          "mechanical processing"
        ],
        "section": "topic-recycling",
        "definition": "The front end of most recycling plants: shredding cells or modules, drying off the electrolyte and separating the stream into casings, copper and aluminium foil, plastics and black mass. How cleanly this is done sets the purity, and the cost, of everything downstream.",
        "related": [
          "shredding",
          "sieving",
          "magnetic-separation",
          "eddy-current-separation",
          "black-mass",
          "hydrometallurgy"
        ],
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/mechanical-pretreatment/",
        "mentions": [
          "aluminium-foil",
          "electrolyte",
          "drying"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "term:eddy-current-separation",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "Eddy-current separation",
      "properties": {
        "id": "eddy-current-separation",
        "name": "Eddy-current separation",
        "section": "topic-recycling",
        "definition": "Ejecting non-ferrous metals such as aluminium from a moving stream with a rapidly rotating magnetic field, which induces currents in conductive pieces and throws them off the belt. It recovers casing and foil aluminium.",
        "related": [
          "magnetic-separation",
          "mechanical-pretreatment",
          "density-separation"
        ],
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/eddy-current-separation/",
        "mentions": []
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "term:can",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "Can",
      "properties": {
        "id": "can",
        "name": "Can",
        "aka": [
          "casing",
          "housing"
        ],
        "section": "topic-components",
        "definition": "The rigid metal case of a cylindrical or prismatic cell, usually nickel-plated steel or aluminium. It holds the stack under pressure, contains the electrolyte and, in a cylindrical cell, doubles as the negative terminal.",
        "related": [
          "cylindrical-cell",
          "prismatic-cell",
          "pouch-foil",
          "vent",
          "helium-leak-test"
        ],
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/can/",
        "mentions": [
          "electrolyte"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "term:shredding",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "Shredding",
      "properties": {
        "id": "shredding",
        "name": "Shredding",
        "aka": [
          "crushing",
          "comminution",
          "wet shredding",
          "inert shredding"
        ],
        "section": "topic-recycling",
        "definition": "Breaking cells or modules into fragments, under an inert gas, in a liquid or in a vacuum so that the released electrolyte and any remaining charge cannot ignite. Off-gas treatment captures the solvent vapour and the hydrogen fluoride it forms.",
        "related": [
          "mechanical-pretreatment",
          "deactivation",
          "electrolyte-recovery",
          "hydrofluoric-acid"
        ],
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/shredding/",
        "mentions": [
          "electrolyte",
          "off-gas"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}