Whole bag method for determining oxygen transmission rate

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-164

  Moyls, A L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exponential decay method cells; MOCON apparatus; Modified atmosphere packaging; Oxygen transmission rate; Polyethylene films; Whole bag area

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FOOD STORAGE; LINEAR EQUATIONS; PACKAGING; POLYETHYLENES;

LINEAR REGRESSION; MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING (MOP); OXYGEN PRESSURE; OXYGEN TRANSMISSION RATE (OTR);

OXYGEN;

FOOD STORAGE; PACKING;

EID: 2342517451     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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