Electromagnetic Processing of Metals

Dear Colleagues,

Electromagnetic Processing of Materials (EPM) is a relatively new branch of materials science and engineering, with more than 40 years of history, originally meant to exploit specific phenomena occurring when applying electric and magnetic fields to materials. Phenomenological approaches to EPM date back to the eraly 1920’s and 30’s, with the invention of electromagnetic levitation and electromagnetic mixing. EPM involves resistance heating, dielectric heating, induction heating, UV or IR heating and electric arc heating, but more recently also field assisted sintering techniques ( FAST), like Spark Plasma Sintering, or the use of energy beams have entered the scope of EPM. When it comes to metals, EPM is usually exploited making use of the Lorentz Force for shape controlling, fluid driving but also making use of the direct conversion of the enrgy associated with the elcrcomagnetic field into heat. Some specific fields, like microwave processing of metals and metal-containing ores are nowadays experiencing a renewed interesest, as shown in the following figure.

Source: Scopus, serach with keywords Microwaves AND Metallurgy, but results can be much larger

This Special Issue will cover fundamental studies of electric and magnetic field - metals interaction, as well as applications of EPM to metallurgy (extractive metallurgy, preliminary operations, melting, sintering, metal powders production, thermochemical treatments,...) and emerging fields, like processing of intermetallics, high entropy alloys, metallic glasses and metal nanoparticles. Papers addressing dedicated equipment for electroheat applied to metallurgy, safety and environmetnal aspects of electromagnetic processing of metals are welcome as well. This Special Issue will be an update on the latest developments of the field and emerging applications.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Paolo Veronesi
Guest Editor

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