Volume increase of kernels of corn and sorghum accompanying absorption of liquid water
1962; Wiley; Volume: 4; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1002/bit.260040307
ISSN1097-0290
AutoresLiang-tseng Fan, Pu‐Shan Chu, J. A. Shellenberger,
Tópico(s)Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization
ResumoAbstract The linearity between weight and volume increases, which takes place when kernels of corn and sorghum are immersed in water, was established experimentally. The rate of volume increase was correlated according to an equation analogous to the diffusion equation. The coefficients of volume increase obeyed the Arrehenius equation. The results would be of practical value in designing steeping vessels, as well as of theoretical interest in elucidating the mechanism of water diffusion in cereal grains.
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