Model for water transport into powdered xanthan combining gel swelling and vapor diffusion

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 62, Issue 4 B, 2000, Pages 5353-5359

  Goerke, U ^a   Chamberlain, A H L ^a   Crilly, E A ^a   McDonald, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SWELLING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VAPORS; WATER;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE STRAY FIELD IMAGING; XANTHAN;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BIOPOLYMER; GEL; WATER; XANTHAN;

BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; GEL; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOPOLYMERS; DIFFUSION; GELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; WATER;

EID: 0034287460     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.5353     Document Type: Article

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