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ACCELERATED DRYING OF PLASTER CAST WITH A MICROWAVE OVEN

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Charles Asbelle, Gerald Porter · 1972

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Finding

For the drying time of a 3 kg. knee cast to a level of mechanical workability can, for example, be reduced from the twelve hours required by a hot air oven to 30 minutes with an air-assisted microwave oven.

In their words

“For the drying time of a 3 kg. knee cast to a level of mechanical workability can, for example, be reduced from the twelve hours required by a hot air oven to 30 minutes with an air-assisted microwave oven.”

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photoPage 8 - AI-described figure: A photograph showing a plaster cast being dried in a hot air oven.
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Exposure Information

A logarithmic frequency spectrum from 10 Hz to 100 GHz showing where this study's 2.45 GHz exposure sits relative to common EMF sources.Where This Frequency Sits on the EMF SpectrumELFVLFLF / MFHF / VHFUHFSHFmm10 Hz100 GHzThis study: 2.45 GHzPower lines50/60 Hz5G mm28 GHzLogarithmic scale

Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study. Duration: 30 minutes for knee cast, 20 minutes total for initial tests

Cite This Study
Charles Asbelle, Gerald Porter (1972). ACCELERATED DRYING OF PLASTER CAST WITH A MICROWAVE OVEN.
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@article{accelerated_drying_of_plaster_cast_with_a_microwave_oven_g5815,
  author = {Charles Asbelle and Gerald Porter},
  title = {ACCELERATED DRYING OF PLASTER CAST WITH A MICROWAVE OVEN},
  year = {1972},
  
  
}
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