Microwave Sintering

• The Microwave processing System is a models MCR 200, manufactured by Wavemat, Inc.
• The unit is powered with a 2.45 GHz microwave generator with 300 to 3000 watts forward power.
• Maximum sample size is 15mm dia. x 15mm length.
• This microwave system can be operated with a tunable, single mode or controlled multi-mode microwave cavity.
• The atmosphere can be controlled (N₂, Ar, H₂, or other gases) at pressures from one atmosphere to 2.0x10^-2 torr.
• Microwave heating offers many advantages over conventional heating. Microwave sintering has a rapid processing time, two to fifty times faster than conventional heating. There is also an acceleration of sintering and diffusion in the material because of high electrical fields; thus densification can occur at lower temperatures

Voice:(906) 487-2600	Michigan Technological University
Fax:(906) 487-2921	Institute of Materials Processing
E-mail: jhwang@mtu.edu	Houghton, Mi. 49931