Table 4. Avrami exponent (n), rate constant (k) and time contant (1/k) of bread added with pregelatinzed rice flours

Treatments Moisture contents of dough (%) Rice cultivars Avrami exponent (n)1) Rate constant (k)2) Time constant (1/k)
Raw 42 ‘Hiami’ 0.8363 9.4×10−3 106.38
‘Hopyeng’ 1.2202 13.5×10−3 74.07
‘Hyunpum’ 0.6924 11.4×10−3 87.72
Pregelatinized 42 ‘Hiami’ 0.9412 9.0×10−3 111.11
‘Hopyeng’ 0.7174 10.5×10−3 95.24
‘Hyunpum’ 0.8230 8.9×10−3 112.36
44 ‘Hiami’ 1.5814 6.8×10−3 147.06
‘Hopyeng’ 1.0336 10.0×10−3 100.00
‘Hyunpum’ 2.2922 6.0×10−3 166.67
Values obtained from slop of plot log {−ln(EL − Et) / (EL − EO)} vs log t.
Values obtained from slop of plot ln(EL - Et) vs time.