Water Activity Prediction and Moisture Sorption Isotherms

Water Activity in Foods: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 109-154

  Labuza, Theodore P ^a   Altunakar, Bilge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical deteriorative reactions; Food stability; Moisture sorption isotherms; Reactivity; Water activity prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889865935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470376454.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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