Size and shape related characteristics of alfalfa grind

Canadian Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-205

  Yang, W ^a   Sokhansanj, S ^a   Crerar, W J ^a   Rohani, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa grind; Image processing; Particle characterization; SEM; Sieving test

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; CROPS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SORPTION;

AIR COMPARISON PYCNOMETER; ALFALFA GRIND; LOG NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SIEVING TEST;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

EID: 0030181661     PISSN: 0045432X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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