A decomposition study of the EPR spectrum of irradiated sucrose

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1221-1227

  Vanhaelewyn, G ^a   Sadlo, J ^b   Callens, F ^a   Mondelaers, W ^a   De Frenne, D ^a   Matthys, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

ENDOR; EPR; Food irradiation; Spectrum decomposition; Sucrose; Sugar

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE; SUGAR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON NUCLEAR DOUBLE RESONANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FOOD IRRADIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034657995     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00075-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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