In the paper presented are results of a research on influence of electrical and physico-chemical properties of materials being parts of
multicomponent and multimaterial systems used in foundry practice on efficiency and effectiveness of microwave heating. Effectiveness
of the process was evaluated on the grounds of analysis of interaction between selected parameters of permittivity and loss factor, as well
as collective index of energy absorbed, reflected and transmitted by these materials. In the examinations used was a stand of waveguide
resonance cavity for determining electrical properties and a stand of microwave slot line for determining balance of microwave power
emitted into selected materials. The examinations have brought closer the possibility of forecasting the behaviour of multimaterial systems
like e.g. model, moulding sand or moulding box in microwave field on the grounds of various electrical and physico-chemical properties.
On the grounds of analysis of the results, possible was selecting a group of materials designed for building foundry instrumentation to be
effectively used in electromagnetic field.