Journal of Agricultural Engineering
Open Access
  • Year: 2000
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue: 4

Effect of moisture content on physical properties of maize

  • Author:
  • RC Verma, S Prasad1
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • Page Number: 23 to 32

1 Department of Processing and Food Engineering, College of Technology and Agricultural Engineering, Udaipur - 313 001, India.

Abstract

Physical dimensions, sphericity, true/bulk density, porosity, static coefficient of friction and angle of repose of two maize varieties, Kisan and Hi-starch were determined in the moisture range of 12 to 43% (db). In general the values of all the physical properties except true/bulk density, increased when moisture was increased from 8–12% to 43% (db).