%0 Journal Article %T Plaster glue complex permittivity response in the microwave range %A Oliveira %A Antonio Jeronimo Belfort de %A Melo %A Marcos Tavares de %A Cabral %A Leane Lima Dias %A Souza %A S¨Śrgio Romero Oliveira de %J Materials Research %D 2004 %I ABM, ABC, ABPol, SBCC, SBCr, SBMM, SBPMat %R 10.1590/S1516-14392004000400009 %X this paper describes a complementary method for determining dielectric properties of granular materials using the transmission/reflection method in order to estimate their moisture content. the newton's complex interactive method is used here as a numerical tool to calculate the complex permittivity of the plaster glue material. results for samples with moisture contents of 35%, 40% and 45% in the range of 100 mhz to 3 ghz are presented. %K property studied [dielectric properties] %K electrical properties %K dielectric %K microwave %K powder. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1516-14392004000400009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en