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Microwave Resonator Techniques for Sorting Dielectric Objects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Andrzej W. Kraszewski
Affiliation:
U. S. Department of Agriculture, ARS, Russell Research Center, Athens, GA 30613, U.S.A.
Stuart O. Nelson
Affiliation:
U. S. Department of Agriculture, ARS, Russell Research Center, Athens, GA 30613, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Microwave resonators have been found to be sensitive devices for sorting dielectric objects of irregular shapes according to their volumes, for detecting voids inside objects of similar shape or for determining moisture content in objects of varying volumes. Fundamental principles of operation as well as experimental results are discussed in the paper.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1991

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