An Introduction to the Physical Chemistry of Food
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2014
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4939-0760-1 (ISBN)
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4939-0760-1 (ISBN)
The remaining chapters focus on the formation and properties of specific structures in foods – crystals, polymers, dispersions and gels.Only a basic understanding of food science is needed, and no mathematics or chemistry beyond the introductory college courses is required.
Familiar combinations of ingredients and processing make the structures that give food its properties. For example in ice cream, the emulsifiers and proteins stabilize partly crystalline milk fat as an emulsion, freezing (crystallization) of some of the water gives the product its hardness and polysaccharide stabilizers keep it smooth. Why different recipes work as they do is largely governed by the rules of physical chemistry.
This textbook introduces the physical chemistry essential to understanding the behavior of foods. Starting with the simplest model of molecules attracting and repelling one another while being moved by the randomizing effect of heat, the laws of thermodynamics are used to derive important properties of foods such as flavor binding and water activity. Most foods contain multiple phases and the same molecular model is used to understand phase diagrams, phase separation and the properties of surfaces. The remaining chapters focus on the formation and properties of specific structures in foods – crystals, polymers, dispersions and gels.
Only a basic understanding of food science is needed, and no mathematics or chemistry beyond the introductory college courses is required. At all stages, examples from the primary literature are used to illustrate the text and to highlight the practical applications of physical chemistry in food science.
Familiar combinations of ingredients and processing make the structures that give food its properties. For example in ice cream, the emulsifiers and proteins stabilize partly crystalline milk fat as an emulsion, freezing (crystallization) of some of the water gives the product its hardness and polysaccharide stabilizers keep it smooth. Why different recipes work as they do is largely governed by the rules of physical chemistry.
This textbook introduces the physical chemistry essential to understanding the behavior of foods. Starting with the simplest model of molecules attracting and repelling one another while being moved by the randomizing effect of heat, the laws of thermodynamics are used to derive important properties of foods such as flavor binding and water activity. Most foods contain multiple phases and the same molecular model is used to understand phase diagrams, phase separation and the properties of surfaces. The remaining chapters focus on the formation and properties of specific structures in foods – crystals, polymers, dispersions and gels.
Only a basic understanding of food science is needed, and no mathematics or chemistry beyond the introductory college courses is required. At all stages, examples from the primary literature are used to illustrate the text and to highlight the practical applications of physical chemistry in food science.
John Coupland is a Professor of Food Science at Penn State where he teaches food chemistry and the physical chemistry of foods. His research is largely focused on food colloids.
Introduction.- Kinetics and Thermodynamics.- Simple Solutions.- Crystallization.- Surfactants.- Polymers.- Gels.- Surfaces.- Multiphase systems.- Index
Reihe/Serie | Food Science Texts Series |
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Zusatzinfo | 7 Illustrations, color; 175 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 182 p. 182 illus., 7 illus. in color. |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Physikalische Chemie |
Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Technische Chemie | |
Technik ► Lebensmitteltechnologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4939-0760-3 / 1493907603 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4939-0760-1 / 9781493907601 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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