Physical Properties of Foods and Food Processing Systems

This introduction to the physical properties of foods and the physics involved in food processing is written for those with an ordinary understanding of physics and mathematics and a rudimentary knowledge of the principles of differentiation, integration, logarithms, and exponential functions.

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This introduction to the physical properties of foods and the physics involved in food processing is written for those with an ordinary understanding of physics and mathematics and a rudimentary knowledge of the principles of differentiation, integration, logarithms, and exponential functions. The author provides numerical values for the properties of foods that are necessary to solve food processing calculations or to select the most appropriate equipment. He also describes some experimental methods that help to provide answers where data are not readily available. The book contains ample reference to more advanced treatments and authoritative reviews.