“…Many heaters have been described in the past few years, most of which have focused on very high temperature applications, typically reaching temperatures between 1273 and 2273 K (Bellet et al, 2003;Muller et al, 1997;Puig-Molina et al, 2001;Valdrè, 1999). In some cases, the high power consumption required to reach such high temperatures meant that a water cooling system was also necessary (Bellet et al, 2003;Muller et al, 1997). Many of the previously reported furnaces also provide the possibility of operating under controlled atmosphere (Bellet et al, 2003;Puig-Molina et al, 2001;Valdrè, 1999) or offer very high temperature stability (better than AE0.05 K) (Bellet et al, 2003).…”