Water absorption characteristics of wheat and barley during soaking

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 361-366

  Tagawa, Akio ^a   Muramatsu, Yoshiki ^b   Nagasuna, Taizo ^a   Yano, Akira ^c   Iimoto, Mitsuo ^a   Murata, Satoshi ^d  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhenius type equation; Barley; Diffusion coefficient; Diffusion equation; Infinite plane sheet model; Sphere model; Water absorption; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DIFFUSION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; WATER ABSORPTION;

DIFFUSION EQUATION;

CROPS;

BARLEY; WHEAT;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037594566     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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