Abstract

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ABSORPTION OF WATER AND MOISTURE CONTENT WITH DURATION OF BLACK AND WHITE SOYBEAN SEEDS.

Kirtikumari D. Patel and Dr. Ajit V. Pandya

Abstract

The physical properties of soybean are important in designing and fabricating equipment and structures for handling, transporting, processing and storage and also for assessing the quality of soybean. The study conducted to investigate the soybean at different time duration. The average length, width and thickness of white soybean were 6.47 mm, 5.724 mm and 4.466 mm respectively on day 0. The average length, width, and thickness of black soybean were 6.51 mm, 5.28 mm and 4.16 mm respectively on day 0. Moisture content of white soybean increased from 3.06 %, 43.19 %, 58.54 %, 61.83 %, 57.04 % and 56.31 % on day 0,1,2,3,4 and 5 respectively whereas the corresponding total solids decreased from 96.93 %, 59.8 %, 41.45 %, 38.16 %, 42.95 % and 43.46 % for day 0,1,2,3,4 and 5 respectively. Moisture content of black soybean increased from 4.08 %, 52.99 %, 58.11 %, 54.56 %, 55.42 % and 57.89 % whereas the corresponding total solids decreased from 95.91 %, 47.0 %, 41.88 %, 45.43 %, 44.57 % and 42.1 % on day 0, 1,2,3,4, and 5 respectively.

Keywords: Moisture content, Physical properties, White soybean, Black soybean.