This study presents a novel application of near infrared (NIR) spectral linearisation for measuring the soluble solids content (SSC) of carambola fruits. NIR spectra were measured using reflectance and interactance methods. In this study, only the interactance measurement technique successfully generated a reliable measurement result with a coefficient of determination of (R2) = 0.724 and a roo...

The analysis of starch in factory streams and products is tedious and time consuming. It is not surprising, therefore, that only one South African sugar mill laboratory currently analyses the factory streams for seasonal starch levels and trends. This essentially means that high starch levels are picked up only in the final raw sugar, causing an uncomfortable delay between detection and applica...

Our research unit is part of an Interuniversity Attraction Poles (IAP) program, ​BriX (The Belgian Research Initiative on eXotic nuclei for atomic, nuclear and astrophysics studies), in which we collaborate with other nuclear-physics groups, both theoretical and experimental, in Belgium and abroad. Through this collaboration, there is a possibility for very motivated ULB students to realize ...

With the use of high performance ion chromatography, investigations conducted in a number of sugar factories confirmed that glucose/brix or glucose/chloride could be used as a marker to localise and estimate sucrose inversion in evaporators, and establish its contribution to the undetermined loss. In most cases sucrose degradation took place in the later effects, where evaporator tubes were fou...

Preliminary tests on the feasibility of using conductivity measurements for diffuser control have shown that brix and conductivity profiles along a diffuser are very similar in shape. The influence of temperature, concentration, pH-value, nonsolubles and sulphated ash on conductivity of cane juice was investigated and simultaneous on-line measurements were carried out to establish shortand long...

High precision measurement of dissolved solids (Brix) in soft drinks and juices is an important element of quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA). There are in principle many ways to measure dissolved solids, but refractometry and density-based methods are most commonly used for this purpose. Whichever method is selected, there are advantages, disadvantages and limitations. This paper ...

With the economic pressures for high yields and production efficiency, there has been increasing use of the method of minimal or mechanical pruning due to its reduced inputs and higher yields. Yet, many times the yields on minimally-pruned vines may be too high for the juice Brix and quality required by the industry. Since this production method changes many of the basic relationships we have d...

El desaprovechamiento y la inadecuada gestión de los residuos orgánicos genera una problemática ambiental en las ciudades; esta investigación propone reutilización como cascara piña para crear nuevos materiales eco amigables. Con finalidad determinar si es viable o no, se hace necesario realizar caracterización fisicoquímica cascara, describiendo detalladamente realización del proceso, midiendo...

Objetivo: Avaliar o potencial cariogênico de balas duras e mastigáveis seu desmineralizante em esmalte bovino após ciclo erosivo. Métodos: Foram selecionadas (BD) diferentes marcas: Tic-Tac®, Halls® IceKiss® (BM): Lílith®, Azedinha®, Mentos Rainbow® Dori Gomets®. Para a análise físico-química, as foram dissolvidas água destilada (1:10) avaliados pH, acidez titulável (ATT) presença sólidos solúv...