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Nondestructive sensing of water activity from measurement of the dielectric properties at microwave frequencies

Trabelsi, 2020

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6642167788867202184
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Trabelsi S
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IEEE Sensors Letters

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A rapid, nondestructive method for determining water activity of granular and particulate materials from measurement of the dielectric properties at a single microwave frequency is presented. Results are shown for almond kernels at 8 GHz and 25° C. Situations in which …
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    • G01N21/31—Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry
    • G01N21/35—Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infra-red light
    • G01N21/3581—Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infra-red light using far infra-red light; using Terahertz radiation
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    • G01N22/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of microwaves
    • G01N22/04—Investigating moisture content
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    • G01N27/00—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electro-chemical, or magnetic means
    • G01N27/02—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electro-chemical, or magnetic means by investigating the impedance of the material
    • G01N27/22—Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electro-chemical, or magnetic means by investigating the impedance of the material by investigating capacitance
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    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R27/00—Arrangements for measuring resistance, reactance, impedance, or electric characteristics derived therefrom
    • G01R27/02—Measuring real or complex resistance, reactance, impedance, or other two-pole characteristics derived therefrom, e.g. time constant
    • G01R27/26—Measuring inductance or capacitance; Measuring quality factor, e.g. by using the resonance method; Measuring loss factor; Measuring dielectric constants; Measuring impedance or related variables
    • G01R27/2617—Measuring dielectric properties, e.g. constants
    • G01R27/2635—Sample holders, electrodes or excitation arrangements, e.g. sensors or measuring cells
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    • G01R27/28—Measuring attenuation, gain, phase shift or derived characteristics of electric four pole networks, i.e. two-port networks using network analysers Measuring transient response

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