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Record 1 1988-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
DEF

A box used for quick and accurate measurement of resistivity of samples of soil, water or other electrolyte in field or laboratory. Usually made in plexiglass, it measures approximately 1 1/2[inchs] X 2 1/2[inchs] X 9[inchs]. It has current plates at each end and potential pins that are easily removed. The resistivity in ohms centimeter of the contents is equal to the "Change-in-Potential" between the center or potential pins divided by the "Change-in-Current".

OBS

This information comes from the catalogue published by M. C. Miller Co., Inc., in New Jersey, U.S.A., maker of instruments for corrosion and cathodic protection testing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol

Spanish

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