Moisture diffusivity of five major varieties of Iranian pistachios

American Journal of Food Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-259

  Kouchakzadeh, Ahmad ^a  

^a ILAM UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drying kinetics; Fick's law; Pistachio nut

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE LEVELS; CONSTANT VELOCITIES; DIFFUSIVITIES; DRYING AIR; DRYING KINETIC; DRYING RATE CURVES; DRYING TEMPERATURE; EXPONENTIAL RELATION; FICK'S LAW; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MOISTURE DIFFUSIVITY; PISTACHIO NUT; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

DIFFUSION; DRYING; MOISTURE;

CURING;

PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 77955132096     PISSN: 15574571     EISSN: 1557458X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajft.2011.253.259     Document Type: Article

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