Production of highly dispersed powders of metal-oxides by evaporation-condensation technique when heated by focused radiation of terahertz-range gyrotron setup

Abstract

Abstract The paper describes the experimental setup and some results of experiments on the production of highly dispersed metal oxides powders using the example of tungsten trioxide WO3 by the evaporation-condensation method when the initial material is heated by focused radiation of 0.53 THz / 240 W gyrotron. By focusing the gyrotron radiation, it was possible to achieve an intensity of several kW/cm2 on the surface of the evaporated initial sample. The use of a system with a rotating crucible made it possible to increase the evaporation rate of the substance by 3–4 times, which is very important in conditions of a lack of power.