Lynne Wong's PhD thesis

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2.2 THE PHENOMENON OF BRIX-FREE WATER IN DRY LEAF
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AND ITS IMPACT ON CANE JUICE QUALITY
2.2.1 Experimental procedure 52
2.2.1.1 Addition of green leaves, dry leaves and bagasse 52
to cane sample
2.2.1.2 Determination of Brix-free water in dry leaf 53
2.2.2 Results and discussion 54
2.2.2.1 Glucose/fructose ratio in green and dry leaves 54
2.2.2.2 Changes in sucrose, Brix and pol in press juice 55
2.2.2.3 Changes in pol and fibre % cane 55
2.2.2.4 Losses in sugar recovery 55
2.2.2.5 Estimation of EM in cane using pol ratio in dirty 61
cane relative to clean cane
2.2.2.6 Brix-free water determination in dry leaves 61
2.2.3 Survey of moisture content in dry trash 62
2.2.4 Conclusions 63
CHAPTER 3. SEPARATION OF THE SUGAR CANE PLANT INTO
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FIBRES OF VARIOUS COMPONENT PARTS
3.1 THE SUGAR CANE PLANT 68
3.2 THE CHOICE OF SUGAR CANE SAMPLES FOR FIBRE
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EXTRACTION
3.3 EXTRACTION OF PLANT FIBRES 75
3.3.1 Industrial extraction of fibres from flax, hemp, jute and sisal 75
3.3.2 Methods reported for the sugar cane plant 76
3.4 EXPERIMENTAL 79
3.4.1 Materials 79
3.4.2 Equipment 80
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