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Dear all, I am working on the spray drying of fruit juice concentrate. I want to fix the outlet air temperature to 70±5°C. Is this feasible as I read in many papers that the outlet air temperature...
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Dear all I am studying about ripening of honey which is practiced naturally in beehives. I then encountered a new term "Artificial ripening of honey". I am not getting any information about this...
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Respected all TGA analysis showed that one of fortified milk powder sample had >50% residual weight. Is it possible? If yes, what is the reason for this?
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Dear all, I was reading a paper where negative pH was mentioned. So, I am curious to know that pH below zero and more than 14 exists. If yes, what is the reason?
24 January 2019 8,042 18 View
Dear sir/madam I am working on the thermal properties of sorghum flour. I wish to know: Are the peaks obtained in DSC curve and peaks showing decomposition stages in DT-TGA curve same? Because the...
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I am working on pollen. The hand-collected pollen exhibited good potential to germinate over the stigma even after few months of storage under freezing conditions. I want to know: will the pollen...
03 December 2018 5,481 8 View
Respected all, I am working on the development of spice based buttermilk powder using vacuum drying and I am getting the solubility very low i.e. 37-45%. while the spray dried powder has more...
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Why fructose is eluted first compared to glucose during HPLC analysis when both have same molecular weight? Is it due to their structure difference? Thankyou
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Respected all, I am working on the classification of pollen on the basis of locality. Using PCA, I have got a good differentiation and classification of samples. Now, should I also go for using...
22 March 2018 2,016 5 View
Respected all, I am working on the botanical evaluation of the pollen. I wish to know that can palynological study of bee pollen assist in the identification of botanical origin up to the species...
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