Dielectric plug-loaded two-port transmission line measurement technique for dielectric property characterization of granular and liquid materials

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1141-1148

  Bois, Karl J ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE SOLUTIONS; CEMENTS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OILS AND FATS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; WATER; WAVEGUIDES;

CEMENT POWDER; CORN OIL; DIELECTRIC PLUG; LIQUID MATERIALS; TAP WATER; TWO PORT COMPLETELY FILLED WAVEGUIDE TECHNIQUE;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0033345516     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.816128     Document Type: Article

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