Research Article

Development and Application of the Single-Spiral Inductive-Capacitive Resonant Circuit Sensor for Wireless, Real-Time Characterization of Moisture in Sand

Table 2

The average initial mass and water absorbed for each sand sample. Numbers in parenthesis are standard deviations of measurements.

Sand sampleWater mass (g)Total mass (g)Water-to-sand ratio

Sample A37.0 (1.5)350.7 (11.6)11.8%
Sample B15.4 (1.1)336.1 (9.0)4.8%
Sample C15.8 (0.8)392.1 (8.4)4.2%