Microwave solutions for ceramic engineers
By: editors David E. Clark ... [et. al.].
Contributors: Clark, David E.
Publisher: American Ceramic Society
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Westerville, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 494
ISBN-13: 9781574982244
Subjects: Microwaves.; Microwaves -- Industrial applications.; Ceramic materials -- Effect of radiation on.
Notes: "The papers presented in this book, for the most part, have been published previously by the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), either in proceedings from microwave symposia and congresses or in the American Society bulletin"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: what is microwave processing? / D.E. Clark and D.C. Folz; title: The basics.  Microwave processing of ceramic materials / W.H. Sutton ; Principles of industrial microwave and RF heating / R.F. Schiffmann ; Fundamental interaction mechanisms between microwaves and matter / R.E. Newnham ... [et. al.] ; Microwave material interactions and process design modeling / W.R. Tinga ; Modeling of multi-frequency microwave sintering of ZnO ceramic / A. Birman ... [et. al.] ; Equipment safety for microwave and radio frequency processing of ceramics / J.F. Gerling ; Fundamentals and application of dielectric heating technologies for materials processing: A review / J.W. Cresko; title: Putting it into practice.  Microwave drying of electrical porcelain: A feasibility study / W.A. Hendrix and T. Martin ; Microwave energy versus convected hot air for rapidly drying ceramic tile / D.A. Earl, D.E. Clark and R.L. Schulz ; Microwave sintering kilogram batches of silicon nitride / P.A. Apte and W.D. MacDonald ; Sintering of traditional ceramics by microwaves (84 GHz and 2.45 GHz) / S. Takayama ... [et. al.] ; Microwave plasma sintering of alumina / M.P. Sweeney and D.L. Johnson ; Microwave processing of ceramics, composites and metallic materials / D. Agrawal ... [et. al.] ; Microwave plasma synthesis of nanoparticles: Application of microwave to produce new materials /  D.V. Szabó, D. Vollath and W. Arnold ; Hybrid microwave firing of heavy clay products / G.V.A. Tayler, M. Anderson and M. Hamlyn ; Annealing and self-healing of microwaved ceramics / M.S. Morrow ... [et. al.] ; Enhancement cutting performance of cemented carbide cutting tools by microwave treatment / S. Aravindan ... [et. al.] ; Microwave heating of glass / U. Kolberg and H. Roemer ; Surface modification of sodium aluminosilicate glasses using microwave energy / Z. Fathi ... [et. al.] ; Microwave crystallization of glass / A. Boonyapiwat, D.C. Folz and D.E. Clark ; Microwave joining of engineering ceramics / J.G.P. Binner ... [et. al.] ; Auto ignition synthesis and microwave sintering of nanocrystalline ceramics / S.B. Bhaduri ... [et. al.]; title: The tools. Designing industrial microwave heating systems for safe operation:  Batch ovens / R.F. Schiffmann ; A technical review of equipment and methods for waveguide power measurement in microwave heating applications / J.F. Gerling ; Sintering of ceramics using low-frequency RF power / J.B. O. Caughman ... [et. al.] ; Materials processing via variable frequency microwave irradiation / R.S. Garrard, Z. Fathi and J.B. Wei ; MM-wave processing of ceramics / G. Link ... [et. al.] ; Temperature measurement in a 2.45 GHz microwave furnace / D.J. Grellinger and M.A. Janney ; Temperature measurement in microwave-heated silicon wafers / K. Thompson ... [et. al.] ; Scanning dielectric analysis, another analytical tool for ceramics studies / R.M. Hutcheon ... [et. al.]; title: Profiting from microwaves. Microwave and RF energy utilization: Expert and audience perspectives / W.R. Tinga ; Dielectric heating, EPRI's perspective on the market and the technology / C. Gellings ; Commercialization, steps to successful applications and scaleup / B. Krieger ; Commercializing microwave systems: Paths to success or failure / R.F. Schiffmann ; An industrial application of microwave heating: Continuous drying of inorganic salts / J.I. Ortigosa ; Scaling up the microwave firing of ceramics / F.C.R. Wroe ; Microwave-assisted processing, from laboratory to production / S.M. Bond ; Parallam, new structural wood composite / M.T. Churchland.