Microwave radiation Microwave is a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging from about one meter to one millimeter corresponding to frequencies between 300 MHz and 300 GHz respectively. Different sources define different frequency rang ...

was applied in electrochemical methods in 1998 when Frank Marken and Richard G. Compton in Oxford placed a piece of platinum wire inside a

microwave cavity A microwave cavity or ''radio frequency (RF) cavity'' is a special type of resonator, consisting of a closed (or largely closed) metal structure that confines electromagnetic fields in the microwave region of the spectrum. The structure is eithe ...

in small electrochemical cell.Microwave activation of electrochemical processes
Compton. R, Coles. A and F. Marken. 1998. Microwave activation of electrochemical processes at microelectrodes. Chemical Communications. Accessed: 11/04/18 Microwave technology

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