Microwave Processing of Materials.

MICROWAVE PROCESSING OF MATERIALS -- Copyright -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABSTRACT -- PREFACE -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- KEY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- PERSPECTIVE -- MATERIALS INTERACTION -- OTHER CONSIDERATIONS -- 2 Microwave Fundamentals -- MICROWAVE GENERATORS -- CANDIDATE GENERATORS -- Magnetron -- Power Grid Tubes -- Specialty Tubes (Klystron, Gyrotron) -- WAVE PROPAGATION -- Wave Equations and Wave Solutions -- Standing Waves -- Reflection and Transmission Coefficients -- WAVEGUIDE MODES -- Wavelength and the Wave Impedance -- Field Distributions -- INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MICROWAVES AND MATERIALS -- Conductive Losses -- Atomic and Ionic Polarizations -- Dielectric Materials and Electric Polarizability -- Depolarization Factors -- Thermal Runaway -- 3 Microwave System Integration -- MICROWAVE APPLICATORS -- Multimode Applicators -- Heating Uniformity -- Required Microwave Power -- Applicator Size -- Leakage Suppression -- Required Performance Characteristics -- Single-Mode Applicators -- Periodic Structures -- MICROWAVE SAFETY STANDARDS -- TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS -- Temperature Measurement in a Microwave Environment -- EMI Problems -- Errors in Optical Temperature Procedures -- Summary -- COMPUTER MODELING AND COMPUTER SIMULATION -- Dielectric Properties Measurements -- Transmission-Line Methods -- Cavity Perturbation Method -- Free-Space Method -- 4 APPLICATION CRITERIA -- UNIQUE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS -- Penetrating Radiation -- Field Distribution -- Rapid Heating -- Selective Heating -- Self-Limiting -- ECONOMICS OF MICROWAVE PROCESSING -- Cost of Capital Equipment -- Operating Costs -- Energy Efficiency -- Savings from Processing Changes -- Summary -- 5 MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- CERAMICS/CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES -- Sintering -- Oxides -- Nonoxides.

Issues in Microwave Sintering -- Microwave Enhancement Effects -- Hybrid Heating -- Insulation -- Thermal Runaway -- Property Enhancement -- Powder Processing -- Powder Synthesis -- Sol-Gel Decomposition/Drying -- Solution Evaporation/Decomposition -- Gas-Phase Reactions -- Gas-Solid Reactions -- Solid-State Reactions -- Ceramic Precursor Pyrolysis -- Hydrothermal Reactions -- Powder Treatment -- Drying -- Calcining -- Enhancing Microwave Absorption -- Powder Consolidation/Shaping -- Reaction Sintering -- Melting -- Ignition -- Potential Advantageous Applications of Microwave Heating to Ceramics -- POLYMERS AND POLYMER-MATRIX COMPOSITES -- Polymer Processing -- Mechanism of Microwave Coupling in Polymers -- Polymers for Microwave Applications -- Enhanced Reaction Kinetics -- Polymer-Matrix Composites -- Potential Applications of Microwaves to Polymers and Composites -- MICROWAVE PLASMA PROCESSING OF MATERIALS -- Deposition -- Surface Treatment -- MINERALS PROCESSING -- MICROWAVE CHEMISTRY -- WASTE PROCESSING AND RECYCLING -- Process Waste Treatment -- Stored Waste Treatment -- Waste-Site Cleanup -- SUMMARY -- 6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT -- Recommendations: -- PROCESS MODELING AND SIMULATION -- Recommendations: -- SYSTEM DESIGN AND INTEGRATION -- Recommendations: -- NONTHERMAL MICROWAVE EFFECTS -- Recommendations: -- References -- APPENDIX: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.