Study of water and oil diffusion in rape seeds with sorption-desorption and NMR techniques
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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
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 305-308 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | BBA - General Subjects |
Volume | 1116 |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - 12 Jun 1992 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Externally published | Yes |
External IDs
PubMed | 1610887 |
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ORCID | /0000-0001-8204-5699/work/154738451 |
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Keywords
- Nuclear magnetic resonance, Oil diffusion, Rape seed, Sorption-desorption experiments, Water diffusion