Physical properties of carob bean (Ceratonia siliqua L.): An industrial gum yielding crop

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 440-446

  Karababa, E ^a   Coskuner Y ^b  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARAMANOGLU MEHMETBEY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carob bean; Physical properties; Seed size distribution

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF REPOSE; BULK DENSITY; CAROB BEAN; GEOMETRIC MEAN; SEED SIZE; SEED WEIGHT; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; SURFACE AREA; TRUE DENSITY; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATE;

ASPECT RATIO; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BULK DENSITY; DIAMETER; FRICTION; GRAVIMETRY; LEGUME; MOISTURE CONTENT; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PLANT PRODUCT; POROSITY; SEED SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CERATONIA SILIQUA;

EID: 84863765678     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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