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Int. J. High Technology Ceramics 4 (1988)203-210 7 Ceramic Specimen Heating by Induction Power K. C. Liu Metals and CeramicsDivision,Oak Ridge National Lab., Oak Ridge,Tennessee37831,USA 1 INTRODUCTION Induction heating has been used for years as a well-accepted method of heating metallic specimens for mechanical properties testing. Ceramic specimens, on the other hand, are usually heated in a resistance furnace because many ceramic materials cannot be heated inductively. However, indirect heating by induction power can be accomplished for ceramic materials testing using a special technique. Both heating methods are needed for different reasons such as type of mechanical tests, design of load-train assembly, operating cost, and differences in physical properties of ceramic materials; for example, some ceramics are better thermal conductors than others. Testing ceramic specimens with high thermal conductivity requires special gripping fixtures made of a good thermal insulator with high temperature strength and a high-output resistance furnace to compensate for the heat loss which occurs at both ends of the load-train. Inevitably, the equipment cost will be high. Specimen heating by induction power is a simple and effective method that is particularly suitable for use in testing ceramics with low thermal conductivity. The advantage of induction heating is that the heat input can be focused on the midsection of the test specimen. This leaves both ends of the specimen to be heated only by conduction, so that high temperature metal alloys