Effect of water activity on glass transitions of date pastes

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-258

  Ahmed, Jasim ^a   Ramaswamy, H S ^b   Khan, A R ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Date paste; Freeze drying; Glass transition temperature; Sorption isotherms; Water activity

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DATA REDUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GLASS TRANSITION; MICROORGANISMS; MOISTURE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); WATER;

DATE PASTE; FREEZE DRYING; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; WATER ACTIVITY;

CROPS;

EID: 4544362368     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2004.03.015     Document Type: Article

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