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Effect of Storage Relative Humidity on Physical Stability of Dried Fig Badii, F, Farahnaky, A and Behmadi, H 2014, 'Effect of Storage Relative Humidity on Physical Stability of Dried Fig', Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 477-483. Document type: Journal Article Collection: Journal Articles Title Effect of Storage Relative Humidity on Physical Stability of Dried Fig Author(s) Badii, F Farahnaky, A Behmadi, H Year 2014 Journal name Journal of Food Processing and Preservation Volume number 38 Issue number 1 Start page 477 End page 483 Total pages 7 Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Abstract The objective of this study was to assess the effect of storage condition (relative humidity) on the structural stability of dried fig. Moisture sorption isotherms of dried fig were obtained at 5, 25 and 40C. Dried fig, like most high-sugar content materials, showed a type I isotherm and the sorption capacity of the sample decreased with increasing the temperature. The glass transition temperature (T-g) and the melting enthalpy (Delta H-m) of dried figs equilibrated at different relative humidities were measured using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The percentage of crystallization was measured using wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD). It was revealed that the extent of sugar crystallization increased at the intermediate relative humidity region, as implied by WAXD. The same result was observed by measuring Delta H-m using DSC. The impact of different relative humidities on the sugar crystallization was explained in terms of (T - T-g). Subject Food Processing DOI - identifier 10.1111/j.1745-4549.2012.00797.x Copyright notice © ISSN 0145-8892 Related Links Link Description https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-4549.2012.00797.x Link to Published Version   Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 27 Mar 2019, 07:40:46 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 5 times in Thomson Reuters Web of Science Article | Citations Cited 0 times in Scopus Article Altmetric details: Access Statistics: 8 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 26 Mar 2019, 09:36:00 EST by Catalyst Administrator