Lynne Wong's PhD thesis

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Table 4.4.
Results of the determination of Brix-free water on re-generated
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samples.
Table 4.5. Reproducibility of Brix-free water determinations on fibre 126
samples.
Table 4.6. Homogeneity test for fibre samples. 128
Table 4.7. Results of the repeat determination of Brix-free water in the 129
same fibre samples as in Table 4.3 incorporating the blank
determination.
Table 4.8.
Brix-free water results for fibre samples which had either been
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vacuum or air dried for various lengths of time prior to analysis.
Table 4.9. Analysis of Brix-free water in samples dried in air - oven at 132
65 o C for one hour before vacuum drying.
Table 4.10. Residual moisture in fibres of cane component parts after 134
vacuum drying and prior to Brix-free water analysis.
Table 4.11. Comparison of moisture determination in fibre samples by 138
halogen thermogravimetry and the standard oven drying
method.
Table 4.12.
Table 4.13.
Table 4.14.
Table 4.15.
Impact of concentration of contact solution on Brix-free water.
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Impact of concentration of contact solution on Brix-free water.
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Impact of ratio of contact solution to sample size on Brix-free
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water.
Impact of ratio of contact solution to sample size on Brix-free
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water.
Table 4.16. Comparison of the Brix-free water of a sample in its original 142
state with that in a finely divided state.
Table 4.17. Brix-free water values/% for dry leaf fibres (fibre F and fines f)
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of triplicate cane samples of four cane varieties and three ages.
Table 4.18.
Brix-free water values/% for green leaf fibres (fibre F and fines
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f) of triplicate cane samples of four cane varieties and three
ages.
Table 4.19. Brix-free water values/% for top fibres (fibre F) of triplicate 150
cane samples of four cane varieties and three ages.
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