Compression of gellan gels. Part I: Effect of salts

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1076-1080

  Evageliou, Vasiliki ^a   Karantoni, Maria ^a   Mandala, Ioanna ^a   Komaitis, Michael ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gellan; Salts; Strain; Stress; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM IONS; CATION CONCENTRATIONS; CHARACTERISATION; GEL STRENGTHS; GELLAN; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; STRESS AND STRAIN; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CALCIUM; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; POSITIVE IONS; SALTS;

GELS;

EID: 77955576618     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2010.02242.x     Document Type: Article

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