Microwave-induced substitutional combustion reaction was utilized to fabricate porous ceramic composite from Fe_3O_4/Al powder mixtures.The porous composite body was obtained by controlling the combustion reaction progress in a 2.45 GHz single mode applicator.Prior to the fabrication of the porous body,heating behavior of the powder mixtures were studied in the separated electric(E)and magnetic(H)fields.In addition,heating ability of the microwave fabricated porous product was also investigated.Fe_3O_4powder can be heated up easily in both maximum H and E field,but a better heating was observed in the maximum H field.Regardless of the mixtures ratio(mixing compositions),maximum H field shows better heating characteristics.In E-field heating,temperature of the Fe_3O_4 samples decreased sharply when Al powder was added.However,the same phenomenon was not observed in the maximum H field heating.Thus,fabrication of the porous composite body was carrying out in maximum H field.Through an adequate control of the reaction progress,products with a porous structure consisting of well-distributed metal particles in the alumina and/or hercynite matrix were obtained.Consequently,heating of the fabricated porous composite body was also been successfully carried out in the maximum H field.Product phases and microstructure were the main factors influencing the heating ability of the porous composite body. Microwave-induced substitutional combustion reaction was utilized to fabricate a porous ceramic composite from Fe_3O_4 / Al powder mixtures. The porous composite body was obtained by controlling the combustion reaction progress at a 2.45 GHz single mode applicator. Prior to the fabrication of the porous body, heating behavior of the powder mixtures were studied in the separated electric (E) and magnetic (H) fields. In addition, the heating ability of the microwave fabricated porous product was also investigated. Fe_3O_4 powder can be heated up easily in both maximum H and E field, The best H field shows better heating characteristics. E-field heating, temperature of the Fe 3 O 4 samples decreased sharply when the Al powder was added. , the same phenomenon was not observed in the maximum H field heating.Thus, fabrication of the porous composite body was carried out in maximum H field. Through an ad equate control of the reaction progress, products with a porous structure consisting of well-distributed metal particles in the alumina and / or hercynite matrix were obtained. Conditioning, heating of the fabricated porous composite body was also been successfully carried out in the maximum H field .Production phases and microstructure were the main factors influencing the heating ability of the porous composite body.