RF sensing of grain and seed moisture content

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 119-126

  Nelson, Stuart O ^a,b   Trabelsi, Samir ^a,b   Kraszewski, Andrzej W ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cereal grain; Dielectric constant; Loss factor, microwaves; Moisture content; Permittivity; Radio frequencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242656590     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2001.936929     Document Type: Article

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