Determination of Dry Rubber Content of Hevea Latex by Microwave Technique
The measurement of the dry rubber content of the fresh hevea latex by microwave technique is described. In this technique the attenuation of microwave by latex is measured at 10.7 GHz and is then calibrated against the standard laboratory method. Compared with the standard method this instrument i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English English |
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1982
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2137/1/Determination_of_Dry_Rubber_Content_of_Hevea_Latex.pdf |
| Summary: | The measurement of the dry rubber content of the fresh hevea latex by microwave technique is
described. In this technique the attenuation of microwave by latex is measured at 10.7 GHz and is then
calibrated against the standard laboratory method. Compared with the standard method this instrument is
able to reduce the measuring time 8 - 16 hours to three minutes. The correlation coefficient between the
DRC determined using this instrument and the standard laboratory method is 0.998 and the standard
deviation is less than 0.7%.
The reproducibility is at a level of 0.8% unit DRC. |
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