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Absence of Microwave Effect in Ceramics: Precise Temperature, Thermal Gradient, and Densification Determination in A Proportional-Power Microwave Furnace

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Many potential advantages have been ascribed to the microwave heating of ceramics.1–3 From a processing point of view, the most important of these are rapid heating, uniform volumetric heating, and lowered firing temperatures. While the phenomenon of rapid heating is universally accepted, the latter two advantages have not been proved to exist.

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Sorrell, C.C., Ehsani, N., Ruys, A.J., Standard, O.C. (1998). Absence of Microwave Effect in Ceramics: Precise Temperature, Thermal Gradient, and Densification Determination in A Proportional-Power Microwave Furnace. In: Tomsia, A.P., Glaeser, A.M. (eds) Ceramic Microstructures. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5393-9_46

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