Now one thing that has me a little bit interested is the microwave kiln's (http://www.microwavekiln.com/KILNINSTRUCTIONS.HTM), they are a simple section of alumina tube with two end caps, with a coating of a microwave
susceptor painted onto it. Now, fine powdered silicon carbide is cheap and easily acquired, so are polysilicones which allow the preparation of
ceramics (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cm00027a007) when the painted on mixture is fired (ie. microwaved). I'd imagine the fumes would be unpleasant,
but there you go there's one microwave modification that allows for a high tempurature, plus a MW free working environment (the SiC absorbs basically
ALL of the MW, the area in the middle is heated by the heat given off by the SiC, not the MW. Put a crucible in there, even a metal crucible and it
will be rapidly heated (hllp://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADP007756), melting whatever is inside it,
or causing it to react. That being so, if the system were taken beyond the top of the MW it could be used for vacuum distillation of whatever.
[Edited on 3-5-2013 by aliced25] |
. I never had much intrest in
microwaves or knew much about them. The link buffet made it impossible to ignore any longer. 
