METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TEMPERATURE CALIBRATION IN MICROWAVE ASSISTED CHEMISTRY

摘要

A method and apparatus are disclosed for externally and noninvasively determin-ing the temperatures of chemical reactions inside a plurality of separate closed vessels that are made of materials substantially trans-parent to microwave radiation but that are poor conductors of heat. The method com-prises exposing a plurality of substantially microwave-transparent of vessels containing chemical reagents therein to microwave ra-diation, concurrently measuring the tempera-ture of the reagents inside a first vessel using a first temperature sensor inside the first ves-sel and while measuring the temperature of the exterior of the first vessel using a sec-ond temperature sensor positioned externally to the first vessel, and immediately thereafter successively measuring the temperature of the exterior of the remainder of the vessels using the second sensor.