Materials Measurement Phil Bartley Shelley Begley

Extremely Diverse Applications“Materials” can mean just about anything. They are produced or used bymany diverse industries. For example, customers use network analyzers tomeasure:radar-absorbing “stealth” coatingsdisposable diaperscookie doughmoisture in asphalt roadsceramics for microwave sintering/annealingwashed coalcementbiological tissues (including blood, brain tissue simulation)many, many othersWhat can these people have in common???Only one thing: Need to measure the dielectric properties!!!Extremely Diverse"Materials" can mean just about anything. They are produced or used by manydiverse industries. Our customers use Agilent network analyzers to measurevery “unexpected” for us things.What can these people have in common??? Only one thing: Electro-magneticmeasurements, from 20 Hz to 100 GHz, provided useful information abouttheir material - better, faster, and more accurately than other methods.3