Diffusion of sodium chloride through chicken eggshell in relation to an ancient method of egg preservation

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

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-46

  Chen, X D ^a   Freeman, Y ^b   Guo, F ^b   Chen, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Egg preservation; Mass transfer; Microstructure of eggshell; Salt diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041730135     PISSN: 09603085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/096030899532240     Document Type: Article

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