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Thermal Conductivity And Related Properties Of Heated Ground Pectoral Turkey Muscles, Zoe Ann Holmes
Thermal Conductivity And Related Properties Of Heated Ground Pectoral Turkey Muscles, Zoe Ann Holmes
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Thermal conductivity, in association with characteristics of the thermodynamic medium at the food surface, establishes heat flow at the food boundary and reflects the transient properties meat has undergone during temperature change. The purpose of this research was to design and build an apparatus to measure thermal conductivity and to study some of the transient properties of ground pectoral turkey muscles.
Ground turkey pectoral muscles were heated in 9 increments from 77 to 185°F and held at end point temperature for 0 to 15 minutes. Thermal conductivity was calculated directly from data or indirectly by solving for diffusivity and then …