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Microwave Sintering of Simulated Moon Rock

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dc.contributor.authorHunt, Michaelen
dc.contributor.authorDucut, Amyen
dc.contributor.authorLee, Christinaen
dc.contributor.editorPoquette, Benen
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-19T21:11:08Zen
dc.date.available2019-06-19T21:11:08Zen
dc.date.issued2006-09-22en
dc.description.abstractThe focus of this research was to determine the feasibility of using microwave energy to sinter simulated moon rock.Microwave processing is often used as an alternative to traditional sintering of ceramic materials for its energy efficiency and decreased sintering times.In lunar applications, microwaves would be a more useful for sintering than traditional methods because microwave devices may be transported more easily and with less cost.As found, moon rock does not have the needed physical and thermal properties suitable for its use as a structural material for a lunar base or orbiting structure.[1,2] However, sintered moon rock may have those required characteristics.To evaluate the potential for using microwave energy to sinter simulated moon rock, both stand-alone and hybrid heating methods were tested.Based on collected data, an 1100-watt commercial microwave oven can emit enough energy to rapidly reach the sintering temperature of moon rock using hybrid heating methods.Further research needs to be conducted to compare the physical characteristics of moon rock sintered conventionally and with microwave energy.en
dc.format.extent5 pagesen
dc.format.extent593.43 KBen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/zipen
dc.identifier.citationHunt, M., Ducut, A. and Lee, C., 2006. Microwave Sintering of Simulated Moon Rock. Journal of Undergraduate Materials Research, 2. DOI: http://doi.org/10.21061/jumr.v2i0.0604en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.21061/jumr.v2i0.0604en
dc.identifier.eissn2578-9570en
dc.identifier.issn1934-7677en
dc.identifier.issue1en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/90313en
dc.identifier.volume2en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Tech Department of Materials Science and Engineeringen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderVirginia Tech Department of Materials Science and Engineeringen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectMaterial Scienceen
dc.subjectMicrowave Sinteringen
dc.subjectSimulated Moon Rocken
dc.titleMicrowave Sintering of Simulated Moon Rocken
dc.title.serialJournal of Undergraduate Materials Researchen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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