Abstract: A method of heat treatment of glass materials and natural materials specifically of volcanic origin according to which the treated material is exposed to microwave radiation at a frequency range from 1 MHz to 10 GHz and temperature range from the ambient temperature to 1800° C. in a batch or continuous process. The glass or natural material subjected to a melting and/or refining process contains an inert additive elected from the group comprising carbides, nitrides or borides in an amount from 1 to 100 g preferably 5 to 50 g per 1 kg of the glass or natural material. The apparatus consists substantially of a microwave furnace comprising an outer shell (8.2) provided with a cover (10) and an inner shell (8.1) and at least one micro wave generator (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4) with double emission and total power from 0.1 to 1 kW per 1 kg of the treated material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 12, 2000
Date of Patent:
September 6, 2005
Assignee:
Ustav Chemických Proces{dot over (u)} Akademie V{hacek over (e)}d {hacek over (C)}eské Republiky
Inventors:
Milan Hájek, Ji{hacek over (r)}i Draho{hacek over (s)}, Václay Volf, Jaroslav Vozáb