Combined Microwave and Accelerated Electron Beam Irradiation Facilities for Applied Physics and Chemistry

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-52

  Martin, Diana I ^a   Ighigeanu, Daniel I ^a   Mateescu, Elena N ^a   Craciun, Gabriela D ^a   Calinescu, Ioan I ^b   Iovu, Horia M ^b   Marin, Gheorghe G ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c Natl Inst Sci Res E   (Romania)

Author keywords

Combined electron beam (EB) and microwave (MW) irradiation facilities; Electron beam (EB) irradiation; Microwave (MW) heating; Polymerization; SO 2 and NOx removal; Vulcanization

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERIZATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; FLUE GASES; MICROWAVE HEATING; NITROGEN OXIDES; REMOVAL; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VULCANIZATION;

COMBINED ELECTRON BEAM (EB) AND MICROWAVE (MW) IRRADIATION FACILITIES; SO2 AND NOX REMOVAL;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 1842424928     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2003.821655     Document Type: Article

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