Single-Image-Referenced Colorimetric Water Quality Detection Using a Smartphone

Volkan Kılıç1, Gazihan Alankus2, Nesrin Horzum1

  • 1Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Engineering Sciences, and Department of Material Science and Engineering, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Balatcik Campus, Cigli, Izmir 35620, Turkey.

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|August 29, 2019
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