Temperature profiles within milk after heating in a continuous-flow tubular microwave system operating at 915 MHz

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1976-1981

  Coronel, P ^a   Simunovic, J ^a   Sandeep, K P ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous microwave heating; Dielectric properties; Milk; Temperature profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042466427     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2003.tb07004.x     Document Type: Article

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