@inproceedings{9da9635d7e464bf28669b9aab4d33a24,
title = "Microwave enhanced drying and firing of geopolymers",
abstract = "The feasibility of using microwave energy to dry and fire pre-cured geopolymers was experimentally demonstrated, and supported by analysis of published microwave dielectric data for geopolymers. Dielectric loss tangents and half power microwave absorption depths were calculated from published room temperature dielectric constant and loss values of various geopolymer compositions. The published data indicated that geopolymers would heat at room temperature with microwave energy. Several laboratory experiments were performed to test the heating behavior of sodium and potassium based geopolymer compositions. Experiments demonstrated more vigorous microwave heating with sodium geopolymers than with potassium geopolymers. Both compositions were dried in less than 10 minutes with pure microwave heating. Further heating with pure microwave energy resulted in non-uniform, rapid heating, or {"}thermal runaway{"}, with localized melting of the geopolymer. Hybrid microwave heating with susceptors resulted in uniformly fired geopolymers, without melting.",
author = "Gubb, {Tyler A.} and Inessa Baranova and Allan, {Shawn M.} and Fall, {Morgana L.} and Shulman, {Holly S.} and Kriven, {Waltraud M.}",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1002/9781118095393.ch4",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781118059951",
series = "Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings",
publisher = "American Ceramic Society",
number = "10",
pages = "35--43",
booktitle = "Developments in Strategic Materials and Computational Design II - A Collection of Papers Presented at the 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, ICACC",
edition = "10",
note = "Developments in Strategic Materials and Computational Design II - 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, ICACC ; Conference date: 23-01-2011 Through 28-01-2011",
}