Measuring dielectric properties of hard red winter wheat from 1 to 350 MHz with a flow-through coaxial sample holder

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 143-150

  Lawrence, K C ^a   Nelson, S O ^a   Bartley Jr , P G ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coaxial sensor; Dielectric properties; Grain; Moisture content; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AIR; ALCOHOLS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS; GRAPHIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

DECANOL; DIELECTRIC LOSS FACTORS; SIGNAL FLOW GRAPH MODEL;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031966252     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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