ELECTRICAL BEHAVIOUR OF SOME OF THE VEGETABLES, FRUITS AND FOOD GRAINS

Authors

  • Mehboob Nagarbawadi Vasantrao Naik College of Arts and Commerce, Murud-Janjira (Raigad) – 402401, INDIA.
  • Sohail Bagwan Department of Physics, Abeda Inamdar Sr. College, Camp, Pune-411 001, INDIA.

Keywords:

Dielectric constant, dielectric loss, conductivity, frequency

Abstract

The electrical behaviour of some of the vegetables, fruits and food grains have been studied using the method of two probe resistance measurement at various levels of frequencies. The aim of the present study was to investigate the behaviour of its capacitance as a function of frequency. Electrical capacitance was found to decrease exponentially with increasing frequency, but the dielectric constant was a function of the moisture content there by increasing its ability to store energy.

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01-05-2023

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Mehboob Nagarbawadi, & Sohail Bagwan. (2023). ELECTRICAL BEHAVIOUR OF SOME OF THE VEGETABLES, FRUITS AND FOOD GRAINS. International Education and Research Journal (IERJ), 9(5). Retrieved from https://ierj.in/journal/index.php/ierj/article/view/2704

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Vol. 9 No. 5 (2023): SPECIAL ISSUE MAY - ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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