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Determination of moisture in white flour, ground wheat and whole wheat by near infrared reflectance using a single calibration
Author(s) -
Osborne Brian G.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740380406
Subject(s) - moisture , calibration , reflectivity , whole wheat , wheat flour , near infrared reflectance spectroscopy , environmental science , water content , infrared , remote sensing , near infrared spectroscopy , food science , chemistry , materials science , mathematics , optics , geology , composite material , statistics , physics , geotechnical engineering
Abstract A single calibration for the determination of moisture in white flour, ground wheat and whole wheat by near infrared (n.i.r.) reflectance analysis is presented. The predictive accuracy of the calibration compared with moisture determined by oven drying on 68 samples was 0.22%.