Study of the dielectric properties of decomposing materials during heating

Abstract

The dielectric properties of materials when heated at ultrahigh frequencies are determined by methods based on the use of waveguide cavity resonators. However, as the sample is in the closed volume during measurements, the dielectric properties of destructive material thus determined can contain errors attributed filling of the resonator volume and depositing products of the sample decomposition on the internal conducting surfaces of the resonator. We present the results of studying the dielectric properties of destructive materials under heating in waveguide resonator cavity using methods that exclude the impact of destruction products on the accuracy of measurement. To reduce the influence of destructive vapors rising from the surface of the sample during the destruction process, additional thin quartz plates, placed on the sample surface were used. In addition, cuvettes with a lid were also used to prevent destruction products from entering the resonator volume. A method for taking into account the effect of plates and cuvettes in calculating the dielectric constant and dielectric loss tangent of a material sample when heated in a cavity resonator is presented. Changes in the dielectric properties of a composite material consisting of quartz fabric impregnated with an aluminochromophosphate binder and fiberglass laminate made of quartz fabric impregnated with a phenol-formaldehyde binder were studied in a temperature range above the onset of the destruction (up to temperatures at which loss of the structural strength of the material is observed). The developed method can be used in studying the thermophysical properties of destructive materials to assess changes in their dielectric characteristics under operation conditions of high-temperature heating.