Title :
Capacitive Moisture Meter
Author :
Saxena, Suresh C. ; Tayal, Gajendra M.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Roorkee, Roorkee (U.P.)-247672, India.
Abstract :
The paper deals with an instrument which has been developed for the measurement of moisture content in concrete and soil. A parallel-plate capacitor has been used as the sensing transducer. The instrument is compact, reliable, inexpensive, and gives consistent results over an extended life-testing period.
Keywords :
Bridge circuits; Capacitance measurement; Capacitors; Concrete; Dielectric constant; Dielectric measurements; Instruments; Moisture measurement; Soil measurements; Transducers;
Journal_Title :
Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIECI.1981.351021
