Measurement precision for a fiber optic diffuse reflectance sensor

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2193-2198

  Payne, F A ^a,b   Gates, R S ^a,b   Fannin, B L ^b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Fiber optic; Milk; Probe; Sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030499402     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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