Desorption isotherms and isosteric heat of three tunisian date cultivars

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-275

  Bellagha, Sihem ^a,b   Sahli, Ali ^a,b   Farhat, Abdelhamid ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^b Groupe de Recherche en Génie des Procédés Agroalimentaires   (Tunisia)

^c Institut National de Recherche Scientifique et Technique Tunis   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bet; Composition; Dates; Gab; Isosteric heat; Isotherms

Indexed keywords

BET; BET EQUATION; CLAUSIUS-CLAPEYRON EQUATIONS; DESORPTION ISOTHERMS; DRYING BEHAVIOR; GRAVIMETRIC METHODS; ISOSTERIC HEAT OF SORPTION; ISOSTERIC HEATS; ISOTHERM MODELS; MONOLAYER MOISTURE CONTENT; MONOMOLECULAR ADSORPTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SORPTION DATA; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; WATER ACTIVITY;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DESORPTION; DYES; MONOLAYERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUGAR (SUCROSE);

WATER CONTENT;

EID: 77954510022     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-007-0006-1     Document Type: Article

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