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Microwave Processing Applied to Ceramic Reactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

M. Gonzalez ,
I. Gomez  and
J. Aguilar
M. Gonzalez
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Apartado Postal 076 “F”, Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolds de los Garza, N.L., C.P. 66450, Mexico.
I. Gomez
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Apartado Postal 076 “F”, Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolds de los Garza, N.L., C.P. 66450, Mexico.
J. Aguilar
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Apartado Postal 076 “F”, Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolds de los Garza, N.L., C.P. 66450, Mexico.
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Abstract

The necessary energy for processing ceramics usually comes from gas firing or electricity. With gas firing, ceramics processing is conducted at relative low temperatures. In the case of electric arc furnace, temperatures are high enough to smelt the material and the reaction takes place in a liquid state. In this work we use microwave radiation for conducting reactions between oxides to produce ceramic materials, mainly spinels. The microwave energy was supplied using an 800W magnetron operating at 2.45 GHz. The microstructure and the mineral composition were studied by means of SEM and X-Ray diffractometer respectively.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 430: Symposium O – Microwave Processing of Materials V , 1996 , 107
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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