Capacitance probe

Capacitance probe

Capacitance sensors use capacitance to measure the dielectric permittivity of a surrounding medium. One application for such a device is measuring the water content of soil, where the volume of water in the total volume of soil most heavily influences the dielectric permittivity of the soil because the dielectric of water (80) is much greater than the other con­stituents of the soil (mineral soil: 4, organic matter: 4, air: 1). When the amount of water changes in the soil, a probe will measure a change in capacitance due to the change in dielectric permittivity that can be directly correlated with a change in water content.

References

* Dane J.H., Topp G.C, co-editors 2002. "Methods of Soil Analysis Part 4-Physical Methods." Soil Science Society of America, Inc. Madison, Wisconsin.
* Czarnomski N.M., Moore G.W., Pypker T.G., Licata J. 2005. "Precision and accuracy of three alternative instruments for measuring soil water content in two forest soils of the Pacific Northwest". "Canadian Journal of Forest Research" 35, 8, pg. 1867.


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