Temperature-dependent dielectric properties of chestnut and chestnut weevil from 10 to 4500 MHz

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 340-347

  Guo, Wenchuan ^a   Wu, Xiaoling ^a   Zhu, Xinhua ^a   Wang, Shaojin ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE;

DIELECTRIC LOSS FACTORS; DIFFERENTIAL HEATING; FREQUENCY RANGES; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; MINIMUM VALUE; OPEN-ENDED COAXIAL-LINE PROBE; POSTHARVEST; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

FRUITS;

EID: 80053987007     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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