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Note: Physical Properties of High Oleic Sunflower Seeds

Depto de Ingeniería Química, Programa Tecnología de Semillas, Facultad de Ingeniería UNCPBA. Av. del Valle 573, B7400JWI Olavaria, Argentina

R. H. Mascheroni

CIDCA (Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Criotecnología de Alimentos) and MODIAL (Facultad de Ingeniería, UNLP) 47 y 116, 1900 La Plata, Argentina, rhmasche{at}volta.ing.unlp.edu.ar

High oleic sunflower seeds evaluated at 5.6% moisture content (dry basis) showed a surface area of approximately 102.41 mm² with an average length, width, thickness and unit mass of 11.526, 5.008 and 2.809 mm and 0.055 g, respectively. Corresponding values for the kernel were 8.802, 3.897 and 1.907 mm and 0.036 g. The mean equivalent diameter and sphericity of the seeds were 5.49 mm and 0.46, respectively, while corresponding values for the kernels were 4.01 mm and 0.44. True density increased, within a moisture range of 4-26% d.b., between 652 and 708 kg/m³ for the seed, between 1015 and 1057 kg/m³ for the kernel and between 636 and 760 kg/m³ for the hull. The bulk density decreased from 386 to 373 kg/m³ for seeds and from 260 to 220 kg/m³ for hulls and increased from 535 to 553 kg/m³ for the kernels. Porosity increased from 41.2 to 47.1% in seeds, from 47.2 to 47.7% in kernels and from 59.2 to 70.1% in hull. Terminal velocity of seeds increased with moisture content between 2.8 and 5.5 m/s for seed, between 1.8 and 3.8 m/s for kernel and between 1.1 and 1.9 m/s for hull. Drag coefficient decreased when moisture content increased and varied between 4.7 and 1.4 in seed and between 12.5 and 3.1 in kernel. Angle of repose increased with moisture content between 25 and 46 in seeds, between 35 and 55 in kernels and between 49 and 66 in hull on different surfaces and resulted higher for hull and kernel than for seed. The coefficient of static friction was higher for kernel than that for seed and hull and also was higher on wood (with grain perpendicular to the direction of the motion) and lower on acrylic and galvanised iron. This coefficient increased with moisture content from 0.23 to 0.50 for seed, from 0.37 to 0.69 for kernel and from 0.31 to 0.60 for hull. All engineering properties evaluated showed a linear dependence with moisture content, leading to simple and accurate formulae, adequate to predict their variation in the range of moisture considered.

Key Words: sunflower seeds • physical properties • engineering

Food Science and Technology International, Vol. 9, No. 6, 435-442 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1082013203040756


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