Maturity effects on dielectric properties of apples from 10 to 4500 MHz

LWT

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 224-230

  Guo, Wenchuan ^a   Zhu, Xinhua ^a   Nelson, Stuart O ^b   Yue, Rong ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Liu, Yi ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric constant; Dielectric loss factor; Electrical conductivity; Moisture content; Soluble solids content

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORESTRY; FRUITS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; TISSUE;

DIELECTRIC LOSS FACTORS; DIELECTRICS PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXTERNAL SURFACES; FUJI APPLE; INTERNAL TISSUES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; OPEN-ENDED COAXIAL-LINE PROBE; RIPENING PERIODS; SOLUBLE SOLID CONTENT;

MOISTURE;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 77956876690     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2010.05.032     Document Type: Article

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