Non-contact in situ microwave material measurements for high temperature process monitoring

Balamurugan T Sivaprakasam1, C V Krishnamurthy2, Kavitha Arunachalam1

  • 1Department of Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India.

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