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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298587603321

Autore

Horikoshi Satoshi

Titolo

Microwave Chemical and Materials Processing : A Tutorial / / by Satoshi Horikoshi, Robert F. Schiffmann, Jun Fukushima, Nick Serpone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

981-10-6466-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 393 p. 240 illus., 118 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

541

Soggetti

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical

Ceramic materials

Polymers

Catalysis

Metals

Biomaterials

Physical Chemistry

Ceramics

Metals and Alloys

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Microwave as a heat source -- The nature of heat -- Electromagnetic fields & electromagnetic waves -- Microwave heating -- Physics of microwave heating -- Engineering of microwave heating -- Microwave chemistry in liquid media -- Microwave materials processing in solid media -- Microwave-assisted chemistry -- Materials processing by microwave heating -- Appendices.

Sommario/riassunto

The principal aim of this book is to introduce chemists through a tutorial approach to the use of microwaves by examining several experiments of microwave chemistry and materials processing. It will subsequently enable chemists to fashion their own experiments in microwave chemistry or materials processing. Microwave heating has become a popular methodology in introducing thermal energy in chemical reactions and material processing in laboratory-scale experiments. Several research cases where microwave heating has been



used in a wide range of fields have been reported, including organic synthesis, polymers, nanomaterials, biomaterials, and ceramic sintering, among others. In most cases, microwave equipment is used as a simple heat source. Therefore the principal benefits of microwave radiation have seldom been taken advantage of. One reason is the necessity to understand the nature of electromagnetism, microwave engineering, and thermodynamics. However, it is difficult for a chemist to appreciate these in a short time, so they act as barriers for the chemist who might take an interest in the use of microwave radiation. This book helps to overcome these barriers by using figures and diagrams instead of equations as much as possible.