Moisture adsorption and desorption isotherms of Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller) and determination of sorption heats

International Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Uribe, Elsa ^a   Miranda, Margarita ^a   Lemus, Roberto ^a   Vega Gálvez, Antonio ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Isotherms; Sorption heat; Sorption models

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; DESORPTION; ISOTHERMS; MOISTURE; QUALITY CONTROL; SORPTION;

ALOE BARBADENSIS MILLERS; ALOE VERA; ARRHENIUS-TYPE EQUATION; CLAUSIUS-CLAPEYRON EQUATIONS; DETERMINATION COEFFICIENTS; MONOLAYER MOISTURE CONTENT; SORPTION HEAT; SORPTION MODELS;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

ALOE; ALOE VERA;

EID: 46749085111     PISSN: 15563758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1556-3758.1262     Document Type: Article

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