Effect of water activity on fracture and acoustic characteristics of a crust model

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-284

  Primo Martin C ^a   Sozer N ^a,b   Hamer, R J ^a,c   Van Vliet, T ^a,d  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bread; Crispness; Crust; Fracture; Moisture; Sound; Water activity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ACOUSTICS; ADSORPTION; DEWATERING; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE TESTING; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTICS; BREAD; CRISPNESS; CRUST; EFFECT OF WATER; FRACTURE BEHAVIOUR; MOISTURE; SOUND; STEADY STATES; WATER ACTIVITIES; WATER ACTIVITY; WATER ADSORPTION; WORK OF FRACTURE;

FRACTURE;

EID: 49749119127     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2008.06.039     Document Type: Article

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