Development of Calibration Equation Based on Complex Permittivity of Hevea Rubber Latex

Authors

  • Nor Zakiah Yahaya Department of Physics, School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
  • Zulkifly Abbas Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
  • Muhamad Zamri Yahaya School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 USM, Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
  • Amizadillah Norimi Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
  • Nik Noor Ashikin Abd Razak School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia;
  • Iskandar Shahrim Mustafa School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Keywords:

Complex permittivity, loss tangent, rubber latex, calibration equation

Abstract

In rubber industry, the price of Hevea latex depends on the percentage of moisture content. Since water occurs on most materials in nature as a natural component of the material or is introduced during technologies processes, it is quite obvious that mesasurement and control of moisture content have great economic and technical importance. Thus, in this work, measurements of loss tangent have been done using Agilent Dielectric Probe Kit 85070E. The calibration equations have been established between 1 GHz to 5 GHz. It was found to be most accurate at 5 GHz with lowest mean error, 0.07 using the loss tangent method.

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2015-06-25

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Yahaya, N. Z., Abbas, Z., Yahaya, M. Z., Norimi, A., Abd Razak, N. N. A., & Mustafa, I. S. (2015). Development of Calibration Equation Based on Complex Permittivity of Hevea Rubber Latex. Asian Journal of Applied Sciences, 3(3). Retrieved from https://ajouronline.com/index.php/AJAS/article/view/2620

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Vol. 3 No. 3 (2015): June 2015

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