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Pulsed 35 Ghz Gyrotron with Overmoded Applicator for Sintering Experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

A. W. Fliflet ,
R. P. Fischer ,
A. K. Kinkead  and
R. W. Bruce
A. W. Fliflet
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, U.S.A., flifletC@ppd.nrl.navy.mil
R. P. Fischer
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, U.S.A., flifletC@ppd.nrl.navy.mil
A. K. Kinkead
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, U.S.A., flifletC@ppd.nrl.navy.mil
R. W. Bruce
Affiliation:
Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, U.S.A., flifletC@ppd.nrl.navy.mil
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Abstract

The microwave sintering of nanocrystalline alumina compacts is currently under investigation at NRL. This paper will discuss an overmoded microwave furnace based on a 35 GHz pulsed gyrotron which is currently being set up to extend ongoing microwave sintering experiments at 2.45 GHz to 35 GHz. The gyrotron operates at 70 kV and currents up to 10 A. It is driven by a hard tube, variable pulse length (1–15 μs) modulator at repetition rates up to 1 kHz. The gyrotron can produce peak powers up to 100 kW at an efficiency of 20%, and average powers up to 200 W. The gyrotron output is transported via pressurized Ka-Band waveguide to an overmoded resonator containing the workpiece. In initial experiments, the resonator will consist of a piece of WR-284 waveguide. The operation of the system in preliminary sintering experiments is described.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 430: Symposium O – Microwave Processing of Materials V , 1996 , 527
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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