Soil penetrometer

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1995-06-02

1997-09-02

Raevis, Robert

Electricity: measuring and testing

Impedance, admittance or other quantities representative of...

Distributive type parameters

G01N 2200

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056636490

ABSTRACT:
A soil penetrometer and method of using this apparatus are disclosed. The method relates to the application of a constant force to a soil penetrometer, the penetrometer capable of detecting soil moisture content by time domain reflectrometry. The use of the constant force eliminates the variable nature of this parameter conventionally encountered in the art, and therefore reduces the complexity of soil parameter calculation.

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