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. 2016 Apr 30;16(5):625. doi: 10.3390/s16050625

Table 2.

Rs, Rct and capacitance at different moisture contents of soil samples. Rct is the sum of Rcathode and Ranode. C is the sum of Ccathode and Canode.

MoistureContent Distance from Air-Cathode 1 cm 2 cm 3 cm 4 cm 5 cm
9.1% Rs (Ω) 34.82 58.23 29.02 61.04 69.77
Rct (Ω) 72.99 246.4 105.2 - 1229
C−1·sn) 0.006409 0.000575 0.006406 0.00368 0.003364
16.7% Rs (Ω) 23.37 33.81 39.92 41.5 44.16
Rct (Ω) 8.651 150.7 39.54 40.06 104.2
C−1·sn) 0.001198 0.000211 0.000834 0.000616 0.003778
23.1% Rs (Ω) 3.896 6.607 7.233 9.199 7.938
Rct (Ω) 6.378 189.9 9.005 67.74 7.238
C−1·sn) 0.000188 0.000199 0.00066 0.000259 0.005059
28.6% Rs (Ω) 3.388 5.582 6.853 8.762 8.656
Rct (Ω) 13.97 277 18.28 36.42 8.126
C−1·sn) 0.000318 0.000204 0.000497 0.000273 0.003022
33.3% Rs (Ω) 3.502 4.614 5.74 6.963 6.518
Rct (Ω) 55.93 602.2 55.72 57.71 8.201
C−1∙sn) 0.000464 0.000211 0.000526 0.000369 0.004052
37.5% Rs (Ω) 3.373 4.337 5.758 6.56 6.075
Rct (Ω) 55.03 498.1 56.89 48.99 7.79
C−1·sn) 0.000457 0.000243 0.000737 0.000448 0.005716