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Title: Investigating the influence of aging on radiofrequency dielectric properties of chicken meat

Author
item Trabelsi, Samir
item Roelvink, Jochem

Submitted to: Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/8/2014
Publication Date: 12/10/2014
Citation: Trabelsi, S., Roelvink, J.T. 2014. Investigating the influence of aging on radiofrequency dielectric properties of chicken meat. Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy. 48(4):215-220.

Interpretive Summary: none

Technical Abstract: Changes in quality attributes of aging chicken meat were tracked through measurement of the dielectric properties with an open-ended coaxial probe between 200 MHz and 20 GHz at 23 degree C. The chicken meat was stored in a refrigerator for 8 days at 4 degree C. Changes in dielectric constant and loss factor were measured daily over an 8-day span study. The dielectric constant decreased with frequency and storage duration with a slope change at about 4 GHz. The frequency dependence of the dielectric loss factor was dominated by the ionic conduction in the lower frequency range and dipolar relaxation of water above 3 GHz. The dielectric loss factor increased with storage duration for frequencies below 3 GHz and remained almost constant above that.