Microwave processing of materials / / Committee on Microwave Processing of Materials: An Emerging Industrial Technology, National Materials Adviory Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1994
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (164 p.)
• Disciplina: 620.1/1228
• Soggetto topico: Microwaves; Materials - Effect of radiation on; Microwaves - Industrial applications
• Note generali: Study was conducted under contract no. MDA 972-92-C-0028 with the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-147).
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Microwave processing of materials
• ISBN: 1-280-19578-9; 9786610195787; 0-309-58630-5; 0-585-16857-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826075103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Publication NMAB ; ; 473.