Role of metallic and composite (ceramic-metallic) supports on microwave heating of porous dielectrics

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 15-16, 2007, Pages 3072-3089

  Aparna, K ^a   Basak, Tanmay ^a   Balakrishnan, A R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; RESONANCE;

POWER ABSORPTION; SLAB DEPTH PLOTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MICROWAVE HEATING;

ALUMINA; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; MICROWAVE HEATING; RESONANCE;

EID: 34247532722     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.11.021     Document Type: Article

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