Over the past two decades soil spectroscopy, particularly, in the infrared range, is becoming
a powerful technique to simplify analysis relative to the traditional chemical methods. It is …

Cetane number (CN) is an important property which indicates the ignition quality of fuels and
especially diesel oil. The usual method for CN determination is a most involving and risky …

In precision agriculture, soil spectroscopy has become an invaluable tool for rapid, low-cost,
and nondestructive diagnostic approaches. Various instrument configurations are utilized to …

Rapid and accurate quality control for fuel adulteration is a major economic and health
concern. Current technology lacks capability to provide speedy and accurate point of sale …

Vibrational spectroscopy such as Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), has been used
successfully for soil diagnosis owing to its low cost, minimal sample preparation, non …

This study focused on one of the few but critical sample preparations required in soil
spectroscopy (ie, grinding), as well as the effect of soil particle size on the FTIR spectral …

This paper introduces a novel and cost-effective method for detecting adulterated diesel,
specifically targeting contamination with kerosene, by leveraging machine learning and the …

Statistical preprocessing methods are widely used to improve the predictive performance of
chemometric models especially on MIR and NIR spectral database. The main role of …

Diesel control by routine methods involves the use of heavy techniques that are generally
costly and hazardous. Moreover, these techniques require using several reagents that are …

Water content quantification of raw polysaccharide materials for food processing is generally
performed by gravimetric analysis or titrimetric methods, which are time-and energy …