Evaluation of Norrish's equation for correlating the water activity of highly concentrated solutions of sugars, polyols and polyethylene glycols
- Autores
- Baeza, Rosa; Pérez, Adriana; Sánchez, Virginia; Zamora, María Clara; Chirife, Jorge
- Año de publicación
- 2010
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- Fil: Baeza, Rosa. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fil: Pérez, Adriana. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fil: Sánchez, Virginia. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fil: Zamora, María Clara. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Zamora, María Clara. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Fil: Chirife, Jorge. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina
Abstract: Norrish’s equation, (aw = Xw exp (-K Xs 2), where aw is water activity, Xw and Xs molar fractions of water and solute, respectively, and K is the correlating constant), has been widely used to predict aw of aqueous non-electrolyte solutions in connection with development of intermediate moisture foods, i.e. food having aw ≥ 0.85. Present work evaluated the ability of Norrish’s equation to model the water activity of solutions of sugars, polyols and some polyethylenglycols, in a wide range of concentration; i.e. from low to highly concentrated solutions. For sugar and polyols a relatively small modification of the “most accepted” literature parameters K, allowed to fit the data for the whole range of solute concentrations(range of aw 0.99 to 0.3/0.4) with high accuracy. However, a modified Norrish’s model needs to be used to model the behavior of polyethylenglycols 400 and 600 up to water activities as low 0.4/0.5. - Materia
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ACTIVIDAD DEL AGUA
AZUCARES
ECUACION DE NORRISH
ALIMENTOS - Nivel de accesibilidad
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- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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- Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
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- oai:ucacris:123456789/5462
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Evaluation of Norrish's equation for correlating the water activity of highly concentrated solutions of sugars, polyols and polyethylene glycolsBaeza, RosaPérez, AdrianaSánchez, VirginiaZamora, María ClaraChirife, JorgeACTIVIDAD DEL AGUAAZUCARESECUACION DE NORRISHALIMENTOSFil: Baeza, Rosa. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaFil: Pérez, Adriana. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaFil: Sánchez, Virginia. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaFil: Zamora, María Clara. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Zamora, María Clara. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaFil: Chirife, Jorge. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; ArgentinaAbstract: Norrish’s equation, (aw = Xw exp (-K Xs 2), where aw is water activity, Xw and Xs molar fractions of water and solute, respectively, and K is the correlating constant), has been widely used to predict aw of aqueous non-electrolyte solutions in connection with development of intermediate moisture foods, i.e. food having aw ≥ 0.85. Present work evaluated the ability of Norrish’s equation to model the water activity of solutions of sugars, polyols and some polyethylenglycols, in a wide range of concentration; i.e. from low to highly concentrated solutions. For sugar and polyols a relatively small modification of the “most accepted” literature parameters K, allowed to fit the data for the whole range of solute concentrations(range of aw 0.99 to 0.3/0.4) with high accuracy. However, a modified Norrish’s model needs to be used to model the behavior of polyethylenglycols 400 and 600 up to water activities as low 0.4/0.5.Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias2010info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/5462Baeza, R., Pérez, A., Sánchez, V., Zamora, M. C. and Chirife, J. (2010), Evaluation of Norrish's equation for correlating the water activity of highly concentrated solutions of sugars, polyols and polyethylene glycols [en línea]. Food and Bioprocess Technology, 3(1). doi: 10.1007/s11947-007-0052-8 Disponible en: https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/5462enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/reponame:Repositorio Institucional (UCA)instname:Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina2025-07-03T10:56:07Zoai:ucacris:123456789/5462instacron:UCAInstitucionalhttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/Universidad privadaNo correspondehttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/oaiclaudia_fernandez@uca.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:25852025-07-03 10:56:07.883Repositorio Institucional (UCA) - Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentinafalse |
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Evaluation of Norrish's equation for correlating the water activity of highly concentrated solutions of sugars, polyols and polyethylene glycols |
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Evaluation of Norrish's equation for correlating the water activity of highly concentrated solutions of sugars, polyols and polyethylene glycols |
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Evaluation of Norrish's equation for correlating the water activity of highly concentrated solutions of sugars, polyols and polyethylene glycols Baeza, Rosa ACTIVIDAD DEL AGUA AZUCARES ECUACION DE NORRISH ALIMENTOS |
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Evaluation of Norrish's equation for correlating the water activity of highly concentrated solutions of sugars, polyols and polyethylene glycols |
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Evaluation of Norrish's equation for correlating the water activity of highly concentrated solutions of sugars, polyols and polyethylene glycols |
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Evaluation of Norrish's equation for correlating the water activity of highly concentrated solutions of sugars, polyols and polyethylene glycols |
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Evaluation of Norrish's equation for correlating the water activity of highly concentrated solutions of sugars, polyols and polyethylene glycols |
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Evaluation of Norrish's equation for correlating the water activity of highly concentrated solutions of sugars, polyols and polyethylene glycols |
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Baeza, Rosa Pérez, Adriana Sánchez, Virginia Zamora, María Clara Chirife, Jorge |
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Baeza, Rosa |
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Baeza, Rosa Pérez, Adriana Sánchez, Virginia Zamora, María Clara Chirife, Jorge |
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Pérez, Adriana Sánchez, Virginia Zamora, María Clara Chirife, Jorge |
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Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias |
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ACTIVIDAD DEL AGUA AZUCARES ECUACION DE NORRISH ALIMENTOS |
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ACTIVIDAD DEL AGUA AZUCARES ECUACION DE NORRISH ALIMENTOS |
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Fil: Baeza, Rosa. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina Fil: Pérez, Adriana. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina Fil: Sánchez, Virginia. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina Fil: Zamora, María Clara. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Zamora, María Clara. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina Fil: Chirife, Jorge. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Argentina Abstract: Norrish’s equation, (aw = Xw exp (-K Xs 2), where aw is water activity, Xw and Xs molar fractions of water and solute, respectively, and K is the correlating constant), has been widely used to predict aw of aqueous non-electrolyte solutions in connection with development of intermediate moisture foods, i.e. food having aw ≥ 0.85. Present work evaluated the ability of Norrish’s equation to model the water activity of solutions of sugars, polyols and some polyethylenglycols, in a wide range of concentration; i.e. from low to highly concentrated solutions. For sugar and polyols a relatively small modification of the “most accepted” literature parameters K, allowed to fit the data for the whole range of solute concentrations(range of aw 0.99 to 0.3/0.4) with high accuracy. However, a modified Norrish’s model needs to be used to model the behavior of polyethylenglycols 400 and 600 up to water activities as low 0.4/0.5. |
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