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. 2016 Nov 15;16(11):1912. doi: 10.3390/s16111912

Table 2.

Values of factory and own constants a0 and a1 for two-point ThetaProbe calibration equations for sand/soil materials.

Type of Conversion Constants Loose Packing (Sand) Moderate Packing (Sand) Compact Packing (Sand) Moderate Packing (Soil)
Linear conversion of V output to ε a0 1.46 1.47 1.49 1.72
a1 5.29 7.06 8.1 9.02
Polynomial conversion of V output to ε a0 1.54 1.56 1.58 1.85
a1 5.34 7.02 7.88 7.96
Factory settings for mineral soils a0 1.6
a1 8.4