Microwave sintering of single plate-shaped articles

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:869976

Katz, Joel D ^[1]; Blake, Rodger D ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos, NM
2. Tucson, AZ

Apparatus and method for high temperature sintering of plate-shaped articles of alumina, magnesia, silica, yttria, zirconia, and mixtures thereof using microwave radiation. An article is placed within a sintering structure located within a sintering container which is placed in a microwave cavity for heating. The rates at which heating and cooling take place is controlled.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: University of California (Alameda, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5432325
• OSTI ID: 869976
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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