NOVELTY - The process of reducing an organic-containing material into lower molecular weight gaseous hydrocarbons, liquid hydrocarbons and solid carbon constituents, comprises feeding a sample of the organic-containing material into an infeed system, transferring the material into a microwave applicator (12) containing the purge gas in a pressurized state above local atmospheric pressure to insure that no air migrates into the microwave applicator, which causes a fire or explosion hazard, and exposing the material in the microwave applicator to two sources of microwaves from a bifurcated waveguide.    USE - The process is useful for reducing an organic-containing material into lower molecular weight gaseous hydrocarbons, liquid hydrocarbons and solid carbon constituents including: shredded scrap tires into constituents comprising hydrocarbon gas and carbon; asphalt roofing shingles into constituents of hydrocarbon gas, carbon and fiberglass; shredded computer waste into constituents of hydrocarbon gas, carbon and metals; shredded scrap rubber into constituents of hydrocarbon gas and carbon; polychlorinated biphenyl, poly-aromatic hydrocarbon and hexachlorinated benzene-laden materials into non-carcinogenic materials for standard landfill disposal; shredded municipal solid waste; medical waste; existing rock formations of existing shale oil and reducing the shale oil to its constituents of hydrocarbon gas, oil and carbon; and to reduce and desulfurize bituminous coal into constituents of hydrocarbon gas, oil, carbon and ash, and for generating electricity from reduced materials (all claimed).    ADVANTAGE - The process is capable of economically and efficiently producing high quality syngas and liquid fuels in the petrochemical, industrial and energy markets within a specified and controlled range of Btu content while operating below current emissions levels with high power density microwave energy and by producing intermolecular heating within low-loss dielectric materials.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - The process of reducing an organic-containing material into lower molecular weight gaseous hydrocarbons, liquid hydrocarbons and solid carbon constituents, comprises feeding a sample of the organic-containing material into an infeed system, transferring the material into a microwave applicator (12) containing the purge gas in a pressurized state above local atmospheric pressure to insure that no air migrates into the microwave applicator, which causes a fire or explosion hazard, exposing the material in the microwave applicator to two sources of microwaves from a bifurcated waveguide for a period of time sufficient to volumetrically reduce the material into the constituents with a frequency of the microwaves of 915 MHz and without an external heat source, transporting the purge gas to pressurized quartz window assemblies at an end of each waveguide leading into the microwave applicator, monitoring the microwaves using a directional coupler system, collecting gaseous byproduct constituents from the volumetrically reduced sample in the microwave applicator, purging an outfeed system for the organic-containing material with a non-flammable blanketing purge gas, removing the volumetrically reduced organic-containing material from the transporting unit after passage from the outfeed system, cooling the collected gaseous byproduct constituents for a sufficient time to allow condensables in the gaseous byproduct constituents to form a liquid, and feeding the collected gaseous byproduct constituents into a gas turbine coupled to an electrical generator to provide electricity to an external electrical grid. The infeed system contains a non-flammable blanketing purge gas, and is a purged sliding shutter assembly and a multiple chamber rotary airlock system. The microwaves is in non-parallel alignment to each other such that one waveguide entry section to each applicator entry point is parallel to the flow of the organic material while the other is perpendicular to the flow of the organic material. A distance from the output from the bifurcated waveguide, which couples the microwave energy to the applicator entry point parallel to the flow of the organic material is physically longer than the output feeding the perpendicular port. The outfeed system is a purged sliding shutter assembly and a multiple chamber rotary airlock system. The process further comprises collecting the liquid from the step of cooling, exposing the liquid to a filter system to remove residual water, collecting non-condensables in the gaseous byproduct constituents from the step of cooling, exposing the non-condensables to a scrubber to remove contaminants, collecting solid byproduct constituents from the volumetrically reduced sample in the microwave applicator, feeding the collected solid byproduct constituents into the outfeed system, magnetically separating a carbon component from a magnetic metal component within the collected solid byproduct constituents, vacuum separating the carbon component from the magnetic metal component. The bifurcated waveguide assembly introduces microwaves, which are 90 degrees out of phase to each other. INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are included for:    (1) an apparatus for reducing an organic-containing material into lower molecular weight gaseous hydrocarbons, liquid hydrocarbons and solid carbon constituents; and    (2) a process for generating electricity from reducing organic-containing materials into lower molecular weight gaseous hydrocarbons, liquid hydrocarbons and solid carbon constituents.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a top plan view of a microwave-based reduction system assembly.    Microwave generators (10)    Nitrogen generator (11)    Multi-mode applicator (12)    Liquid scrubber (14)    Air-water chiller (15)    Main control panel. (16)