TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF THE DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF WHEAT

Abstract

ABSTRACT Temperature dependent dielectric properties data were collected on Stacy soft red winter wheat at temperatures from 0 to 50 C and moisture contents ranging from 8.2 to 23.4%, wet basis. Measurements by two impedance analyzers with a shielded, open-circuited, coaxial-line sample holder were transformed by the invariance-of-the-cross-ratio technique into dielectric properties data in the frequency range from 0.1 to 100 MHz. Measurements compared well with values reported in the literature.