Nondestructive moisture determination in small samples of peanuts by RF impedance measurement

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 715-718

  Kandala, C V K ^a   Nelson, S O ^b  

^a NATIONAL PEANUT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Moisture content; Peanuts; RF impedance; Small samples

Indexed keywords

AIR; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ESTIMATION; FREQUENCIES; MIXTURES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; NONDESTRUCTIVE MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PEANUT; PHASE ANGLE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GROUNDNUT; MOISTURE;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 20044385581     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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