**1.3. Applications of microwave sintering of ceramic materials**

Now microwave processing has been found that this technique can also be applied as effi‐ ciently and effectively to powdered metals as to many ceramics. Finally, The MWS operational expenses are less than 50–80% to the conventional sintering techniques. The MWS technique works 20 times faster than the conventional sintering method and takes only few minutes for processing than the conventional ones (takes hours).
