Study of water and oil diffusion in rape seeds with sorption-desorption and NMR techniques

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Beitragende

  • Gerald Fleischer - , Universität Leipzig (Autor:in)
  • Annett Werner - , Universität Leipzig (Autor:in)

Abstract

The sorption and desorption of water in rape seeds was measured. From the sorption isotherm it follows that for water content greater than about 6% the water molecules tend to form clusters. The mutual diffusion coefficient of water into and out of the seeds was determined from the time dependence of sorption and desorption. There is a pronounced hysteresis in the sorption-desorption process, desorption proceeds faster than sorption. The self-diffusion of water (at maximum humidity of the seeds) and oil within the seeds was investigated by the pulsed field gradient NMR. The measurement of oil self-diffusion shows restricted diffusion of the oil within droplets and allows the determination of the droplet radii and their distribution width.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)305-308
Seitenumfang4
FachzeitschriftBBA - General Subjects
Jahrgang1116
Ausgabenummer3
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 12 Juni 1992
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 1610887
ORCID /0000-0001-8204-5699/work/154738451

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance, Oil diffusion, Rape seed, Sorption-desorption experiments, Water diffusion