Design and testing of a thick-film dual-modality sensor for composition measurements in heterogeneous mixtures

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 942-954

  Meng, Guangtian ^a   Jaworski, Artur J ^a   Dyakowski, Tomasz ^b   Hale, Jack M ^c   White, Neil M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual modality; Electrical impedance; Thick film sensor in heterogeneous mixtures; Ultrasonic transmission

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MIXTURES; MULTILAYERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; THICK FILMS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

COMPOSITION MEASUREMENT; DUAL MODALITY; RUGGED SENSORS; THICK-FILM SENSOR IN HETEROGENEOUS MIXTURES;

SENSORS;

IMPEDANCE TECHNIQUE; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 19644390428     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 09570233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/16/4/006     Document Type: Article

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