Microwave sintering of multiple aritcles

Patent Application · Thu Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:10171118

Blake, R D; Katz, J D

Disclosed are apparatus and method for producing articles of alumina and of alumina and silicon carbide in which the articles are sintered at high temperatures using microwave radiation. The articles are placed in 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 Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): PATENTS-US-A7923298
• Application Number: ON: DE94016126; PAN: 7-923,298
• OSTI ID: 10171118
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
SINTERING
SILICON CARBIDES
MICROWAVE HEATING
MICROWAVE OVENS
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320303
PREPARATION AND FABRICATION
EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSES