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Experimental 56<br />

Then the components have been mechanically <strong>and</strong> carefully mixed <strong>and</strong> stirred,<br />

with a steel spatula, until clear mixture has been obtained. During this phase,<br />

generally air bubbles are formed inside the mixture. For this reason the system<br />

has been submitted to a degassing treatment, under vacuum at room temperature<br />

for 20 min. In this way the bubbles rise to the surface <strong>of</strong> the mixture <strong>and</strong> then it is<br />

possible to remove them with a technical spoon, or directly during the microwave<br />

radiation.<br />

During the mixture preparation the conversion is completely negligible.<br />

2.2 Microwave Plant<br />

The samples, microwave cured, have been polymerized using a microwave<br />

multimodal cavity produced by Microglass s.r.l.<br />

placed in the Department <strong>of</strong><br />

Materials <strong>and</strong> Production Engineering (DIMP) <strong>of</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Naples “Federico<br />

II”.<br />

This is a laboratory scale microwave oven, equipped with three heating<br />

mechanisms:<br />

1. Hot air;<br />

2. Infrared radiations;<br />

3. Microwaves radiations.<br />

These can be used singularly or in combined way.<br />

The exposure time, under<br />

infrared <strong>and</strong> microwave radiations, can be chosen by the user, selecting the sampleholder<br />

tray velocity <strong>and</strong> the total number <strong>of</strong> passages to perform or the time with<br />

immovable tray. Moreover the plant can be used with moving or immovable tray.<br />

In this second case the sample is fixed under the waveguide for a preset time in<br />

order to use the oven as a static cavity.<br />

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