Water activity measurement methods of foods

Food Properties Handbook, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 9-32

  Shafiur Rahman, Mohammad ^a   Sablani, Shyam S ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION;

FOOD STABILITY; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RELATIVE VAPOR PRESSURES; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SENSORY PROPERTIES; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER ACTIVITY;

HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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