Comparisons of the use of desiccators with or without vacuum for water sorption and glass transition studies

International Journal of Food Properties

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 545-563

  Laaksonen, T J ^a,c   Roos, Y H ^b   Labuza, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Desiccator; Sorption; Water content

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035499517     PISSN: 10942912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JFP-100108655     Document Type: Article

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