Sensing moisture content in grain

IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-20

  Nelson, Stuart O ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE SENSING;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PERMITTIVITY;

MOISTURE METERS;

EID: 0034159113     PISSN: 10946969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5289.823818     Document Type: Article

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