Lynne Wong's PhD thesis

Figure 4.1.
Figure 4.2.
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Dry leaf
Green leaf
Rind
Stalk
Top
Stalk pith
Diagram of press cell used by Qin and White (1991) for Brix-
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free water measurements.
The Mettler Toledo HR73 halogen thermogravimetric moisture
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analyser.
Figure 4.3. Glass rod with button-end. 144
Figure 4.4. Fibre samples drying in the Gallenkamp vacuum oven. 145
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Figure 4.5. Use of glass rod with button-end to squeeze out solution. 146
Figure 5.1.
The six main types of gas physisorption isotherms, as per the172
IUPAC classification (Sing et al., 1985).
Figure 5.2. Adsorption isotherms of cane fibre (Kelly, 1957). 181
Figure 5.3. The McBain spring adsorption balance (McBain and Bakr, 185
1926).
Figure 5.4. Desiccator containing nine cane components in glass bottles 189
above an aqueous solution of sulfuric acid.
Figure 5.5. Two desiccators accommodated inside a standard air oven. 189
Figure 5.6.
Figure 5.7.
Figure 5.8.
Figure 5.9.
Figure 5.10.
Adsorption isotherms of nine cane components aged 52 weeks
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(as per Kelly’s method, 1957).
Adsorption isotherms of nine cane components aged 36 weeks
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(as per Kelly’s method, 1957).
Experimental sorption isotherms of the nine cane components
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of R 570 aged 52 weeks.
Experimental sorption isotherms of the nine cane components
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of R 570 aged 36 weeks.
Comparison of the experimental and predicted EMC of stalk
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fibre of R 570 aged 52 weeks by different sorption models
(Lines represent the predicted values).
Figure 5.10. (Contd.) 222
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