Application of microwave heating to ceramic processing: design and initial operation of a 2.45-ghz single-mode furnace

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1041-1049

  Fliflet, Arne W ^a   Bruce, Ralph W ^a   Kinkead, Allen K ^a   Fischer, R P ^a   Lewis, D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CERAMIC MATERIALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEATING FURNACES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POWDERS; PROCESSING; PYROMETERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINTERING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COMPACTS; MICROWAVE SINTERING; NANOCRYSTALLINE PHASE; OPTICAL PYROMETER; SINGLE MODE FURNACE; THEORETICAL DENSITY;

MICROWAVE HEATING;

EID: 0030171533     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.533111     Document Type: Article

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