Modeling of moisture diffusivities for components of yellow-dent corn kernels

Journal of Cereal Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-90

  Chen, Guibing ^a   Maier, Dirk E ^b   Campanella, Osvaldo H ^a   Takhar, Pawan S ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn kernel components; Drying; Moisture diffusivity; Stress cracking

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67649210751     PISSN: 07335210     EISSN: 10959963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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