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AssigneesUniversitat Politècnica de València, Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas (Csic)
InventorsJosé Manuel SERRA ALFARO, José Manuel Catala Civera, Beatriz GARCÌA BAÑOS, Juan Francisco BORRÁS MORELL, Laura NAVARRETE ALGABA
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The present invention relates to the reduction of materials at low temperatures (<600° C.) by means of microwave radiation without needing to use chemical reducing agents or electrical contacts. It relates more specifically to a method for reducing a material, which comprises the following steps: applying microwave radiation to a material disposed in a microwave application cavity; and separating simultaneously the fluid oxidation products generated from the reduced material, such that the method is carried out without chemical reducing agents or electrical contacts.
A process for the reduction of a material, comprising the following steps:
An apparatus for reduction of a material, wherein the reduction of material includes applying microwave radiation to a material placed in a microwave applicator cavity, heating to at least exceeding a shot temperature in the material, and separating fluid oxidation products generated from the reduced material, and wherein the process is carried out without using reducing chemical agents, the material is an inorganic material, and the shot temperature is a temperature at which electrical conductivity of the material is increased at least 4% within a 4° C. temperature increase, with respect to the electrical conductivity of the material without reduction;
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