Molecular Mobility Interpretation of Water - Sorption Isotherms of Food Materials by Means of Gravimetric Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Water Properties in Food, Health, Pharmaceutical and Biological Systems: ISOPOW 10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 411-418

  Weglarz, Wladyslaw P ^a,b   Witek, Magdalena ^c   Inoue, Chiharu ^a   Van As, Henk ^c   Van Duynhoven, John ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

WM = M relative water matrix proton mass fraction; Foods complex mixtures of macromolecules, solutes, solvents, and plasticizers; Intermediate mobility and liquid signals described by iscrete number of exponential function; Moisture sorption isotherms enabling reliable predictions of shelf life; Molecular mobility interpretation gravimetric nuclear magnetic resonance; Use of moisture sorption isotherms characterizing hydration properties; Water solvent, plasticizer; Water soluble sugar responsible for presence of mobilized fraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872060567     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470958193.ch30     Document Type: Chapter

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