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Milled Rice Breakage Due to Environmental Conditions
Author(s) -
Siebenmorgen T. J.,
Nehus Z. T.,
Archer T. R.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
cereal chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.558
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1943-3638
pISSN - 0009-0352
DOI - 10.1094/cchem.1998.75.1.149
Subject(s) - breakage , chemistry , relative humidity , moisture , agronomy , food science , composite material , materials science , meteorology , biology , physics , organic chemistry
Milled, long‐grain rice was exposed to air at temperatures (T) of 20, 30, and 40°C, and relative humidities (RH) ranging from 25 to 85%. The kernels then were subjected to a breakage test to determine the extent of damage that occurred during each exposure condition. Increasing air T levels produced higher amounts of broken kernels across the RH range. Milled rice at higher moisture content (MC) levels sustained more extensive stress crack damage at low RH conditions and less stress crack damage at high RH conditions relative to milled rice at lower MC levels. Varietal differences were also present, but were overshadowed by MC effects.