Statement 1: Under hypobaric storage, the gas always attains equilibrium with its surroundings. Statement 2: Hypobaric storage is a continuous process.

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Statement 1: Under hypobaric storage, the gas always attains equilibrium with its surroundings.

Statement 2: Hypobaric storage is a continuous process.

(a) True, False

(b) True, True

(c) False, False

(d) False, True

I got this question in semester exam.

My question comes from Principles of Refrigerated Gas Storage of Foods-2 topic in section Food Preservation, Principles of Fresh Food Storage, Principles of Refrigerated Gas Storage of Foods and Principles of Food Freezing of Food Engineering

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