| Abstrakt: |
The present study was conducted to examine the physical, mechanical, and colour properties of cashew nuts. The main characteristics included length, width, thickness, mass, volume, and density; the derivative properties consisted of geometric diameter, arithmetic diameter, surface area, frontal surface area, transverse area, shape index, sphericity, bulk density, and porosity. The mechanical properties included static friction, static and dynamic angle of repose, rupture force, elasticity, and hardness. The result revealed that The characteristic dimension of length, width, thickness, mass, volume, true density, bulk density, and porosity was 27.92 ±1.66 mm, 23.85±1.82 mm, 18.63±1.88 mm, 5.42±0.99 gr, 5.73±1.20 cm3, 0.96 gr/cm3, 0.59 gr/cm3, and 0.38±0.04, respectively. The shape tended to have similarities with obliquely flattened, and (L*, a*, b*) coordinates were (35.988, 0427, 1.718). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
