Microwave athermal effects in chemistry: A myth's autopsy. Part I: Historical background and fundamentals of wave-matter interaction

Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-100

  Stuerga, D A C ^a,b   Gaillard, P ^a  

^a Lab Rech sur Reactiv Solides U

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Athermal effects; Bioeffects; Reaction rate enhancement; Specific effects; Wave matter interaction

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ATHERMAL EFFECTS; BIOEFFECTS; DISSIPATED POWER DENSITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC IRRADIATION; POYNTING FORMULATION; REACTION RATE ENHANCEMENT; SPECIFIC EFFECTS; TRANSITION STATE THEORIES; WAVE MATTER INTERACTION;

MICROWAVE HEATING;

EID: 0029723977     PISSN: 08327823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08327823.1996.11688299     Document Type: Article

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