Abstract-Quality control of leather by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

Quality control of leather by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

A. I. Hernandez-Serrano, S. C. Corzo-Garcia, E. Garcia-Sanchez, M. Alfaro, and E. Castro-Camus  »View Author Affiliations

http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?uri=ao-53-33-7872

We use terahertz time-domain spectroscopy, combined with effective-medium theory, to measure the moisture content and thickness of leather simultaneously. These results demonstrate that this method could become a standard quality control test for the industrial tanning process.

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