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Reaction Sintering of Ceramic Materials by Microwave Heating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Ph. Boch
Affiliation:
Ecole Supérieure Physique Chimie Paris, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005-Paris, France
N. Lequeux
Affiliation:
Ecole Supérieure Physique Chimie Paris, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005-Paris, France
P. Piluso
Affiliation:
Ecole Supérieure Physique Chimie Paris, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005-Paris, France
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Abstract

Microwave heating was used to reaction sinter Al2O3 + SiO2 and Al2O3 + TiO2 powder mixtures to prepare mullite and aluminum titanate ceramics, respectively. In comparison with conventional heating, microwave heating leads to a decrease in the temperatures of treatment of 50 to 100°C.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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