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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2000
Rustum Roy, State College, PA (US);
Jiping Cheng, State College, PA (US);
Dinesh K. Agrawal, State College, PA (US);
The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments include a process including providing a microwave radiation source and a processing chamber. The process includes generating a region of pure magnetic field from the microwave radiation in the processing chamber. A region of pure electric field from the microwave radiation is also generated. A material is positioned in the region of pure magnetic field while no portion of the material is positioned in the region of pure electric field, and the material is heated in the region of pure magnetic field. The heating may be conducted to sinter the material. The material may includes a metal.