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Hygroscopic properties of biological materials and the binding energy of moisture

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The binding energy of moisture with biological materials is determined from sorption isotherms for yeast at different temperatures.

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The work was done in 1992–1993 as a part of a research plan under Grant No. 1392/3-91, financed through the Science Committee of Poland.

Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 67, Nos. 5–6, pp. 461–466, November–December, 1994.

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Strumillo, C., Kuts, P.S., Akulich, P.V. et al. Hygroscopic properties of biological materials and the binding energy of moisture. J Eng Phys Thermophys 67, 1093–1097 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00852729

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