Mechanical behavior of lentil seeds in relation to their physicochemical and microstructural characteristics

International Journal of Food Properties

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 545-558

  Gharibzahedi, Seyed Mohammad Taghi ^a   Emam Djomeh, Zahra ^a   Razavi, Seyed Hadi ^a   Jafari, Seid Mahdi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Damage resistance; Lentil seed (Lens culinaris Medik.); Microstructural properties; Quasi static loading; Texture analysis

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE RESISTANCE; LENS CULINARIS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; QUASI-STATIC LOADING; TEXTURE ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

TEXTURES;

EID: 84888326895     PISSN: 10942912     EISSN: 15322386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10942912.2011.642448     Document Type: Article

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