Noninvasive procedure for measuring the complex permittivity of resins, catalysts, and other liquids using a partially filled rectangular waveguide structure

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 458-470

  Akhtar, M Jaleel ^a   Feher, Lambert E ^a   Thumm, Manfred ^a,b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex relative permittivity; Dielectric materials; Electromagnetic heating; Microwave measurements; Partially filled rectangular waveguides; Waveguide discontinuities

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; EPOXY RESINS; HEATING; LIQUIDS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PERMITTIVITY; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES; RESINS; SCATTERING; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; WAVEGUIDES;

COMPLEX RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC HEATING; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS; PARTIALLY FILLED RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES; WAVEGUIDE DISCONTINUITIES;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 60349121997     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2011177     Document Type: Article

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