An apparatus for measuring mechanical properties of foods below freezing temperature

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 229-232

  Kim, N K ^a   Hung, Y C ^b,c   Chinnan, M S ^b   Farrell, G D ^b  

^a Miwon Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental chamber; Frozen foods; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; FREEZING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

AIR CIRCULATION UNIT; FROZEN FOODS; INSULATED ENCLOSURE; LINEAR DISPLACEMENT MEASURING SYSTEM;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 0030103775     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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