<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper examines the selected physical properties of seeds of 8 plants used in agri-food processing industry. These are: winter rapeseed (<italic>Brassica napus</italic> L.) Adriana cultivar, sesame (<italic>Sesamumindicum</italic> L.), common flax (<italic>Linum usitatissimum</italic> L.) Luna cultivar, husked sunflower (<italic>Helianthus</italic> L.) (country of origin – Bulgaria), hemp (<italic>Cannabis sativa</italic> L.) Benikocultivar, blue poppy (<italic>Papaver somniferum</italic> L.) Major cultivar, garden cress (<italic>Lepidium sativum</italic> L.), black caraway (<italic>Nigella Sativa</italic> L.). In the research material we determined the following: mass of thousand seeds (MTS), piling angle and angle of repose, tap and bulk density and compressive resistance of single seeds. Some seeds from the selected plant species differed with shape and size. Thus, the results determining the physical properties were varied.</p></abstract>

The paper examines the selected physical properties of seeds of 8 plants used in agri-food processing industry. These are: winter rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) Adriana cultivar, sesame (Sesamumindicum L.), common flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) Luna cultivar, husked sunflower (Helianthus L.) (country of origin – Bulgaria), hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Benikocultivar, blue poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) Major cultivar, garden cress (Lepidium sativum L.), black caraway (Nigella Sativa L.). In the research material we determined the following: mass of thousand seeds (MTS), piling angle and angle of repose, tap and bulk density and compressive resistance of single seeds. Some seeds from the selected plant species differed with shape and size. Thus, the results determining the physical properties were varied.

Physical Properties of Seeds of the Selected Oil Plants

Department of Biological Bases of Food and Feed Technology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin

Agricultural Engineering

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The paper examines the selected physical properties of seeds of 8 plants used in agri-food processing industry. These are: winter rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)...

Physical Properties of Seeds of the Selected Oil Plants

Publicado en línea: 18 jun 2016

Páginas: 69 - 77

Recibido: 01 sept 2015

Aceptado: 01 nov 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2016-0007

Palabras clave
oil plants, seeds, MTS, angle of slide, angle of repose, tap density, bulk density, compressive resistance

© 2016 Marta Krajewska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Physical Properties of Seeds of the Selected Oil Plants

Publicado en línea: 18 jun 2016

Páginas: 69 - 77

Recibido: 01 sept 2015

Aceptado: 01 nov 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2016-0007

Palabras claveoil plants, seeds, MTS, angle of slide, angle of repose, tap density, bulk density, compressive resistance

© 2016 Marta Krajewska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
oil plants, seeds, MTS, angle of slide, angle of repose, tap density, bulk density, compressive resistance