A high-accuracy, calibration-free technique for measuring the electrical conductivity of liquids

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3308-3313

  Schiefelbein, Susan L ^a   Fried, Naomi A ^a   Rhoads, Kevin G ^a   Sadoway, Donald R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; OXIDES; SOLUTIONS;

COAXIAL CYLINDERS TECHNIQUE; MOLTEN OXIDES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032158458     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1149095     Document Type: Article

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