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Volume increase of kernels of corn and sorghum accompanying absorption of liquid water
Author(s) -
Fan LiangTseng,
Chu PuShan,
Shellenberger John A.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/bit.260040307
Subject(s) - steeping , sorghum , volume (thermodynamics) , diffusion , diffusion equation , absorption (acoustics) , chemistry , absorption of water , thermodynamics , materials science , agronomy , food science , physics , composite material , biology , economy , economics , service (business)
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.