A new density-independent function for microwave moisture content determination in particulate materials

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 1997, Pages 648-652

  Trabelsi, Samir ^a   Kraszewski, Andrzej W ^a   Nelson, Stuart O ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; MOISTURE; PERMITTIVITY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; FUNCTIONS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MICROWAVES;

BULK DENSITY; CONTENT DETERMINATION; DENSITY-INDEPENDENT FUNCTION; MICROWAVE DIELECTRICS; MICROWAVE MOISTURE; PARTICULATE MATERIALS; RELATIVE COMPLEX PERMITTIVITIES; TWO-COMPONENT;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 0030644381     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.1997.604032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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