Strontium-doped hematite as a possible humidity sensing material for soil water content determination

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 12070-12092

  Tulliani, Jean Marc ^a   Baroni, Chiara ^a   Zavattaro, Laura ^b   Grignani, Carlo ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hematite; Humidity sensor; Soil water content determination; Strontium hexaferrite

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; HUMIDITY SENSORS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

LABORATORY APPARATUS; MERCURY INTRUSION POROSIMETRY; MICRO-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; SOIL MATRIC POTENTIAL; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STRONTIUM CARBONATE; STRONTIUM HEXAFERRITE; SYNTHESIZED POWDER;

HEMATITE;

EID: 84884371048     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130912070     Document Type: Article

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