Influence of water activity on the acoustic properties of breakfast cereals

Journal of Texture Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 497-515

  Gondek, Ewa ^a   Lewicki, Piotr P ^a   Ranachowski, Zbigniew ^b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acoustic energy; Acoustic event; Acoustograms; Corn flakes; Critical water activity; Fermi's equation; Partition power spectrum slope; Wheat bran flakes

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33749004503     PISSN: 00224901     EISSN: 17454603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4603.2006.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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