Design and performance of a cylindrical capacitive sensor to monitor the electrical properties

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1699-1705

  Golnabi, H ^a   Azimi, P ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Capacitance measurement; Capacitive sensor; Electrical properties; Sensor; Water liquids

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE CHANGE; CAPACITANCE VARIATION; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ELECTRICAL QUALITY; LIQUID MIXTURE; LIQUID SENSORS; WATER MIXTURE;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MIXTURES; SENSORS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 46149094419     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2008.1699.1705     Document Type: Article

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