Dielectric properties measurement techniques and applications

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 523-529

  Nelson, S O ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural materials; Dielectric properties; Measurements; Permittivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; PERMITTIVITY;

AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES MEASUREMENT;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 0033378895     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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