Effect of measurement method and moisture content on wheat kernel density measurement

Food and Bioproducts Processing: Transactions of the Institution of of Chemical Engineers, Part C

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 179-186

  Fang, C ^a   Campbell, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas pycnometer; Hardness; Surface tension; Wheat kernel density; Xylene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034460221     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/09603080051065278     Document Type: Article

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