Water sorption isotherm of solution containing hydrogels at high water activity

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-243

  Tesch, Ralf ^a   Ramon, Ory ^b   Ladyzhinski, Ilya ^b   Cohen, Yachin ^b   Mizrahi, Shimon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gels; Glucose; Network pressure; Osmotic pressure; Sodium chloride; Syneresis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033239979     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2621.1999.00255.x     Document Type: Article

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