FOOD CHEMISTRY
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY
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Question
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Moisture content of food can be analysed via oven drying.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Moisture content can be determined by direct methods and indirect methods. Direct Methods: These methods are simple and accurate and mainly used for research purpose but time required is more than indirect methods. Hot air oven method and Brown-Duvel distillation method are the examples of direct method.
Detailed explanation-2: -Oven drying method in a drying oven This method is for the measurement for thermogravimetric analysis where liquid content and content volatile substances gets determined by mass. A precisely weighed sample get exposed for a defined drying time for a certain temperature value.
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