Water adsorption isotherms of freeze-dried tuna meat

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 767-772

  Rahman, M Shafiur ^b   Sablani, Shyam S ^a   Al Ruzeiqi, Mohammed H ^a   Guizani, Nejib ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b NONE

Author keywords

BET; Fish; GAB; Norrish models; Quality; Storage; Water activity

Indexed keywords

ISOTHERMS; MOISTURE; MONOLAYERS; WATER ABSORPTION;

ISOPIESTIC METHOD;

AGRICULTURE;

ADSORPTION; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; WATER;

ADSORPTION; FISH; FOOD INDUSTRY; WATER;

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 0347296216     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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