Unified calibration method for nondestructive dielectric sensing of moisture content in granular materials

Electronics Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 1346-1347

  Trabelsi, S ^a   Krazsewski, A W ^a   Nelson, S O ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPOSITION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION EQUATION; MICROWAVE MOISTURE METER; MOISTURE CONTENT; NONDESTRUCTIVE DIELECTRIC SENSING; UNIFIED CALIBRATION METHOD;

SENSORS;

EID: 0032641232     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19990890     Document Type: Article

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