Thermal properties of agave fructans (Agave tequilana Weber var. Azul)

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2671-2676

  Espinosa Andrews, Hugo ^a   Urias Silvas, Judith Esmeralda ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y ASISTENCIA EN TECNOLOGÍA Y DISEÑO DEL ESTADO DE JALISCO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agave fructans; Differential scanning calorimetry; Glass transition; Thermogravimetric analysis; Water activity

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; DECOMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GLASS; POLYSACCHARIDES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VALUE ENGINEERING; WATER CONTENT;

AGAVE FRUCTANS; COMPLEX MIXTURE; DIFFERENT WATER CONTENTS; GORDON-TAYLOR EQUATION; MODULATED DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MOISTURE SORPTION ISOTHERMS; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; WATER ACTIVITY;

GLASS TRANSITION;

AGAVE; AGAVE TEQUILANA;

EID: 84865651334     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.11.053     Document Type: Article

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