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586. Colour changes in heated and unheated milk: IV. the theoretical background to the reflectance changes in separated milk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

H. Burton
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, University of Reading

Extract

The theory of the scattering of light in colloidal solutions is considered. As a result it is suggested that the reflectance changes in milk which involve a rise or fall in the general level of reflectance are caused by an increase or decrease in the mean size of the colloidal particles. Whether the particles responsible are the casein micelles or the soluble protein depends on the phenomenon to be explained.

The change in reflectance on the browning of milk, which is dependent on wavelength, is considered to have a more complex cause, involving the production of absorbing molecules.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1955

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