Moisture content measurement of tea leaves by electrical impedance and capacitance

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 293-299

  Mizukami, Y ^a   Sawai, Y ^a   Yamaguchi, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CELL WALLS; LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; TEA LEAVES;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

EID: 33144487423     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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