The Athermal and Specific Effects of Electric Fields

Thus the essential question raised by the assumption of athermal or specific effects of microwaves is the change of these characteristic terms (free energy of reaction and of activation) for the reaction studied [139]. Hence, in relation to the previous conclusions, five criteria or arguments (in a mathematical sense) relating to the existence of microwave athermal effects have been formulated by the author 

If molecular effects of the electric field are irrelevant in microwave heating of solutions, this assumption could be envisaged for operating conditions very far from current conditions. On one hand, it will be necessary to use a stronger electric field amplitude, or to reduce the temperature according to the Langevin function. This last solution is obviously antinomic with conventional chemical kinetics, and the first solution is, currently, technologically impossible. On the other hand, it will be necessary to avoid reaction media with dielectric loss. Molecular effects of the microwave electric field could be observed paradoxically for a medium which does not heat under microwave irradiation. 

In conclusion, is it necessary to obtain a microwave athermal effect to justify mi- 

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