Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
Specific advantage of millimeter (MM) wave aquametry is discussed. MM waves ensure better spatial resolution and better sensitivity to water than microwaves. MM waves are less sensitive to conducting impurities than microwaves, and MM waves can be used for water testing in media that are opaque to optical and infrared radiation. In the paper the water content measurement methods for some liquid and solid-state materials are described. Examples of devices for water control in crude oil, alcohol, powders used in metallurgy, paper, timber are considered. Usually it is possible to measure moisture content in real time (including in flow) with uncertainty less than 0.1%.