Measuring frequency- and temperature-dependent permittivities of food materials

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 589-592

  Nelson, Stuart O ^a,b   Bartley Jr , Philip G ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c College of Engineering and Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Foods; Frequency dependence; Permittivity; Temperature dependence

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL LINE PROBE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; LOSS FACTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

DAIRY PRODUCTS; FOOD PROCESSING; FRUIT JUICES; MICROWAVES; PROBES; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); THERMAL EFFECTS;

PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0036703736     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2002.802244     Document Type: Article

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