On the diffusion constant of water in wheat

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-62

  Gruwel, Marco L H ^a,b   Ghosh, Prabal K ^b   Latta, Peter ^a,c   Jayas, Digvir S ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Moisture; MRI; Pulsed gradients; Restricted mobility; Spin echo

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANT SEED; TIME; WHEAT;

DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS; TRITICUM; WATER;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 38549113399     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0720537     Document Type: Article

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