Using Micromechanical Resonators to Measure Rheological Properties and alcohol content of model solutions and commercial beverages

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 6497-6507

  Paxman, Rosemary ^a   Stinson, Jake ^a   Dejardin, Anna ^a   Mckendry, Rachel A ^a   Hoogenboom, Bart W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol contents; Cantilevers; Micromechancical sensors; Quality control; Rheological properties

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; FLOW KINETICS; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BEVERAGES; ETHANOL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RHEOLOGY; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84861557446     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120506497     Document Type: Article

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