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Trabelsi et al., 2016 - Google Patents

Microwave moisture meter for in-shell peanut kernels

Trabelsi et al., 2016

Document ID
490388993876104794
Author
Trabelsi S
Lewis M
Nelson S
Publication year
Publication venue
Food Control

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A microwave moisture meter built with off-the-shelf components was developed, calibrated and tested in the laboratory and in the field for nondestructive and instantaneous in-shell peanut kernel moisture content determination from dielectric properties measurements on …
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