A study of millimeter-wave sintering of fine-grained alumina compacts

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 924-935

  Fliflet, Arne W ^a   Bruce, R W ^a   Fischer, Richard P ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave ceramic densification; Microwave ceramic sintering; Microwave heating; Millimeter wave; Nonthermal microwave enhancement effect

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DENSIFICATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MILLIMETER WAVES; SINTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MICROWAVE CERAMIC DENSIFICATION; MICROWAVE CERAMIC SINTERING; NONTHERMAL MICROWAVE ENHANCEMENT EFFECT;

MICROWAVE HEATING;

EID: 0034197602     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.887755     Document Type: Article

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