A simple method to determine the water activity of ethanol-containing samples

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 242-245

  Hallsworth, J E ^a,b   Nomura, Y ^a  

^a SOJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Electronic humidity sensors; Ethanol; Freezing point depression; Osmotic stress; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Water activity measurement

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ETHANOL; FREEZING; LINEAR EQUATIONS; OSMOSIS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SENSORS; WATER;

ELECTRONIC HUMIDITY SENSORS; FREEZING POINT; NORRISHS EQUATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WATER ACTIVITY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALCOHOL; WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FILTER; HUMIDITY; SENSOR;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033585487     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990120)62:2<242::AID-BIT15>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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