A single point NMR method for an instantaneous determination of the moisture content of wood

Holzforschung

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 348-351

  Merela, Maks ^a   Oven, Primož ^a   Serša, Igor ^b   Mikac, Urša ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Free induction decay signal; Gravimetric method; Moisture content determination; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Wood

Indexed keywords

FREE-INDUCTION-DECAY SIGNAL; GRAVIMETRIC METHOD; MOISTURE CONTENT DETERMINATION; NMR SPECTROMETERS; NMR-PROBES; PROTON DENSITIES; SHORT MEASUREMENT TIME; SINGLE POINTS; WOOD SAMPLES;

LIQUIDS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS; SPECTROMETERS; WATER CONTENT; WOOD;

DENSITY OF LIQUIDS;

GRAVIMETRY; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTONS; RESONANCE; SEMICONDUCTORS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECTROMETERS; WOOD;

EID: 63849322483     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2009.050     Document Type: Article

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