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Strips of gelatin have been prepared by extrusion at different water contents varying from 20 to 50% H2O (dry weight basis, d.w.b.). The processes of subsequent hydration or dehydration of these strips were followed by dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA), wide-angle X-ray diffraction and NMR relaxation measurements. A comparison of the calculated dependence of theT g of gelatin (T g anhydrous, 200‡C) on water content (using the Ten Brinke and Karasz equation) with experimental results derived from DMTA showed that freshly extruded material followed the theoretical plot below 25% H2O (d.w.b.), but at higher water contents, the7 g deviated positively, probably due in part to the effect of delayed re-equilibration of water content after thawing of separated ice crystals. The experimental results determined after storage for one week fell on a different line, with aT g of 145‡C for anhydrous gelatin Possibly, theT g is elevated by crystallization — a view supported by the WAXS spectra. The NMR relaxation results also showed a profound mobilization of the gelatin protons at water contents greater than 25% d.w.b.
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The authors are grateful to financial support from the fourteen companies that comprise the ACTIF II Consortium and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF). Marie-France Pinhas also acknowledges support through a European Union Human Capital Mobility Postdoctoral Fellowship.
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Pinhas, M.F., Blanshard, J.M.V., Derbyshire, W. et al. The effect of water on the physicochemical and mechanical properties of gelatin. Journal of Thermal Analysis 47, 1499–1511 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01992842
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