Assisted Synthesis of Nanolayer Carbides and Nitrides

3 Transition Metal Carbides and Nitrides Intriguing Catalysts.143 

2 Carbides Prepared from Argon Fluidization of Metal 

This section briefly describes microwave-material interactions and provides a general understanding of the phenomena that occur during MAFBS. A number of references offer an in-depth explanation of microwave processing. - 

Several quantities describe the extent of dielectric polarization that will occur in a material. The dielectric constant, is the polarizability of a molecule. Polar molecules like water that have localized charges have greater e than nonpolar molecules like benzene. The second quantity, f , is the dielectric loss. It reflects how efficiently energy from an electromagnetic field is converted into heat within the material. As f increases, the material will heat more effectively in a microwave. 

The temperature rise in a solid or liquid exposed to microwave heating is dependent on the dielectric loss. Equation 7.1 relates f to temperature rise (AT), processing time (At), and properties of the material and electric field  

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Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Nanolayer Carbides and Nitrides... 

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