Dynamic oscillation measurements of starch networks at temperatures above 100 degrees C |
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Authors: | Kasapis S Sablani S S Biliaderis C G |
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Affiliation: | Department of Food Science & Nutrition, College of Agriculture, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod, Oman. stefan@squ.edu.om |
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Abstract: | Small deformation oscillatory studies were performed on wheat flour paste with a starch content of 75.4%. Work focused on temperatures above 100 degrees C in an effort to seek molecular understanding of such high-temperature processes as bakery operations which are characterised by evaporation of water. The moisture content of the sample decreased from about 32% at 100 degrees C to 6.5% at 130 degrees C. Viscoelastic spectra produced a sigmoidal profile with a disproportionate viscous element also seen in the glass transition of semiamorphous synthetic polymers and high sugar/polysaccharide mixtures during cooling. It is argued that the loss of water upon heating reduces the available free volume between neighbouring chain segments, thus generating a high-density thermoplastic melt suspending granule fragments. The configurational rearrangements of the disordered chains contribute mainly to an energy-dissipating process, as observed in the vitrification of cooled high-solids systems. The equation of Williams, Landel, and Ferry was modified with a 'moisture term' in order to describe the temperature function of viscoelasticity. |
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