atomic moisture meter
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atomic moisture meter
(ə′täm·ik ′möis·chər ′mēd·ər)
(engineering) An instrument that measures the moisture content of coal instantaneously and continuously by bombarding it with neutrons and measuring the neutrons which bounce back to a detector tube after striking hydrogen atoms of water.
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