Cereal Chem 41:191 - 196.  |  VIEW ARTICLE

Hygroscopic Equilibria of Rough Rice.

B. O. Juliano. Copyright 1964 by the American Association of Cereal Chemists, Inc. 

Desorption and adsorption hygroscopic equilibria of rough rice of two nonwaxy (nonglutinous) and two waxy (glutinous) varieties at 27.5 and 32.5 C. were measured at relative humidities between 44 and 96.5%. At 75% r.h., rough rice had equilibrium moisture contents between 12.8 and 14.3% at 27.5 C. and between 12.6 and 14.2% at 32.5 C. Waxy rice had significantly higher moisture contents than nonwaxy rice at 75% and higher relative humidities for adsorption and at 84% and higher relative humidities for desorption.