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Rachida Ouaabou1,2, Said Ennahli3, Lahcen Hssaini4
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, 40000 Marrakech, Morocco.
Abstract:
Moisture sorption isotherms of five sweet cherry cultivars (Prunus avium L.) at three temperatures of 30°C, 40°C, and 50°C, and water activity range of 0.057-0.898 were determined using the static gravimetric method. The sorption isotherms of all cultivars decreased with increasing temperature, and they all exhibited type II behavior according to the classification of IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry). The isosteric heat of sorption, differential entropy, spreading pressure, and water surface area were determined, and the energy associated with the sorption processes was defined. The curves were fitted to GAB, PELEG, and ENDERBY models, and the GAB model gave the best fit for the whole set of data. The enthalpy-entropy compensation proved that the process occurs spontaneously and is fully controlled the enthalpy. The spreading pressure value varied with temperature in all sweet cherry cultivars in both the desorption and adsorption processes. The average surface area varied from 78.05 to 214.02 m2/g for desorption and from 49.0 to 204.4 m2/g for adsorption from 30 to 50°C.
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