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Non-equilibrium Microwave Plasma for Efficient High Temperature Chemistry
Published on: August 1, 2017
Plasma-promoted dielectric heating in the microwave synthesis of spinels
David J Brooks1, Richard E Douthwaite, Lisa J Gillie
1Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, UK.
Abstract:
Comparison between the rates of synthesis of the spinel phases (MAl2O4, M = Mg, Zn, Ni; and MFe2O4, M = Mg, Zn, Mn) using an O2 microwave-induced plasma (MIP) and conventional (tube furnace) methods indicate that a MIP promotes microwave dielectric heating at elevated temperatures.

