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The _______is the average material moisture content at which the drying rate begins to decline.

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The _______is the average material moisture content at which the drying rate begins to decline.

(a) critical moisture content

(b) equilibrium moisture content

(c) free moisture content

(d) bound moisture content

This question was posed to me in exam.

The doubt is from Drying in division Drying of Food Processing Unit Operations

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The correct choice is (a) critical moisture content

The best I can explain: The critical moisture content is the average material moisture content at which the drying rate begins to decline. It depends upon the ease of moisture movement through the solid, and hence, upon the pore structure of the solid, sample thickness and drying rate.

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