TY  - BOOK
TI  - Microwave Processing of Materials
SN  - 9780309586306
AV  - TK7876 -- .N37 1994eb 
U1  - 620.1/1228 
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Academies Press
KW  - Microwaves
KW  - Materials -- Effect of radiation on
KW  - Microwaves -- Industrial applications
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
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