Novel planar electromagnetic sensors for detection of nitrates and contamination in natural water sources

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1440-1447

  Yunus, Mohd Amri Md ^a,b   Mukhopadhyay, Subhas Chandra ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Natural water sources; nitrate detection; planar electromagnetic sensors and water contamination

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; DISTILLED WATER; ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSORS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; INTERDIGITAL; NATURAL WATERS; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE TECHNIQUES; OUTPUT RESPONSE; PLANAR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSORS; PLANAR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSORS AND WATER CONTAMINATION; SODIUM NITRATES; WATER SAMPLES; WATER SOURCE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; NITRATES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLLUTION DETECTION; RESONANCE; SODIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

SENSORS;

EID: 79955459658     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2010.2091953     Document Type: Article

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