Lynne Wong's PhD thesis

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Water water adsorbed Water water adsorbed Water water adsorbed Water water adsorbed
m/m of 96% activity, a w (g/100g dry fibre) activity, a w (g/100g dry fibre) activity, a w (g/100g dry fibre) activity, a w (g/100g dry fibre)
H 2SO 4 soln 52 weeks 36 weeks 52 weeks 36 weeks 52 weeks 36 weeks 52 weeks 36 weeks
5% 0.9808 23.55 23.35 0.9812 24.78 24.73 0.9816 24.34 23.00 0.9818 22.28 24.80
24.07 23.00 25.53 26.26 24.84 24.95 24.78 17.79
mean 23.81 23.18 25.16 25.50 24.59 23.98 23.53 21.30
10% 0.9746 20.01 19.77 0.9751 25.15 20.13 0.9760 22.38 18.39 0.9764 28.52 17.83
19.45 18.60 20.22 21.24 21.75 17.77 18.40 17.90
mean 19.73 19.19 22.69 20.69 22.07 18.08 23.46 17.87
20% 0.8814 15.19 15.28 0.8839 16.80 14.29 0.8868 16.46 14.51 0.8882 16.31 13.53
14.77 15.09 15.18 14.92 14.77 13.29 14.47 11.81
mean 14.98 15.19 15.99 14.61 15.62 13.90 15.39 12.67
30% 0.7549 11.64 12.07 0.7629 10.84 11.89 0.7684 10.53 8.81 0.7711 10.22 10.25
11.39 10.77 12.63 13.64 7.71 9.85 10.74 11.00
mean 11.52 11.42 11.74 12.77 9.12 9.33 10.48 10.63
40% 0.5711 9.50 8.15 0.5866 8.02 7.60 0.5948 6.77 5.25 0.5989 6.76 7.20
7.51 7.73 9.22 7.72 5.25 7.49 5.26 7.82
mean 8.51 7.94 8.62 7.66 6.01 6.37 6.01 7.51
50% 0.3574 5.42 4.86 0.3765 6.57 5.24 0.3879 4.99 4.80 0.3936 4.45 4.94
5.53 5.29 5.17 5.32 4.54 5.07 4.50 5.83
mean 5.48 5.08 5.87 5.28 4.77 4.94 4.48 5.39
60% 0.1677 4.25 4.17 0.1834 3.16 3.28 0.1937 3.01 3.36 0.1988 3.13 3.16
3.91 4.08 3.13 3.15 2.76 1.72 3.04 2.90
mean 4.08 4.13 3.15 3.22 2.89 2.54 3.09 3.03
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