An innovative method for TDR measurement of static electrical conductivity in granular materials

2009 IEEE Intrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 197-200

  Cannazza, G ^a   Cataldo, A ^a   De Benedetto, E ^a   Piuzzi, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conductivity measurements; Modeling; Quality control; Time domain reflectometry; Transmission line

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; CONTROL TIME; COST-EFFECTIVE MEANS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; INNOVATIVE METHOD; MEASUREMENT SETUP; MODELING QUALITY; SOIL SALINITY; STATIC CONDUCTIVITY; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TRANSMISSION LINE; TRANSMISSION LINE MODELING;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC LINES; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

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EID: 70450097229     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2009.5168442     Document Type: Conference Paper

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