Smelting of Scandium by Microwave Irradiation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
3. Results and Discussion
4. Discussion
5. Materials and Methods
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Material | Conductivity (S/m) | Relative Permittivity | Relative Permeability | Thermal Conductivity (W/(m × K)) | Density (kg/m3) | Heat Capacity (J/(kg × K)) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ScF3 + C | 1000 | 3.53–0.058j 1 | 1 | 118 | 2260 | 700 |
Glass (quartz) | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 10 | 2210 | 730 |
Alumina Crucible | 0 | 1.8 | 1 | 5 | 3900 | 900 |
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Fujii, S.; Tsubaki, S.; Inazu, N.; Suzuki, E.; Wada, Y. Smelting of Scandium by Microwave Irradiation. Materials 2017, 10, 1138. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10101138
Fujii S, Tsubaki S, Inazu N, Suzuki E, Wada Y. Smelting of Scandium by Microwave Irradiation. Materials. 2017; 10(10):1138. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10101138
Chicago/Turabian StyleFujii, Satoshi, Shuntaro Tsubaki, Naomi Inazu, Eiichi Suzuki, and Yuji Wada. 2017. "Smelting of Scandium by Microwave Irradiation" Materials 10, no. 10: 1138. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10101138
APA StyleFujii, S., Tsubaki, S., Inazu, N., Suzuki, E., & Wada, Y. (2017). Smelting of Scandium by Microwave Irradiation. Materials, 10(10), 1138. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10101138