Induction and dielectric heating

The success of dielectric and induction heating in wartime production indicates their continued successful use in peacetime industry for many applications which ordinary heating processes have not accomplished. Though the methods of heat generation are vastly different, both types of heating are based on disturbance of the molecular structure. Each, however, has its individual field of application, with induction heating intended primarily for metals, while dielectric heating is applied primarily to nonconductors.