Kinetics of Corn Meal Gelatinization at High Temperature and Low Moisture |
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| Authors: | BYRON C. BURROS LINDA A. YOUNG PAUL A. CARROAD |
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| Affiliation: | The authors are affiliated with Calreco, Inc., 8015 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91412;. |
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| Abstract: | The kinetics of corn meal starch gelatinization and melting was investigated. At 25% moisture, in the temperature range 110–140°C. Arrhenius equation parameters were determined by two calculable procedures which agreed well. Activation energy for gelatinization was calculated to be approximately 86.2 kJ/g-mole. Further experiments in the moisture range 13.4–34.4% and temperature range 10–165°C. yielded results for endotherm enthalpies and melt temperature which agreed with literature reports. |
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