Under hypobaric storage, when gas is in equilibrium with its surroundings, the diffusivity _ and concentration gradient _

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Under hypobaric storage, when gas is in equilibrium with its surroundings, the diffusivity _____ and concentration gradient _____

(a) Increase by ten folds, decreases to one-tenth

(b) Decreases to one-tenth, increase by ten folds

(c) Stays constant, stays constant

(d) None of the mentioned

The question was asked in final exam.

This key question is from Principles of Refrigerated Gas Storage of Foods-2 topic in division 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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