Table 3. Particle size of different types of rice flour

Item		Soft flour	Soft rice flour	Floury rice flour	Rice flour	F-value
Particle size¹⁾ (μm)	Dv10	11.45±0.17^c2)	15.72±0.13^b	7.78±0.25^d	25.89±2.55^a	554.100^***3)
	Dv50	33.52±0.15^b	40.01±0.91^b	36.85±3.78^b	208.13±17.37^a	1,390.597^***
	Dv90	95.69±2.37^c	96.87±11.01^c	168.87±76.54^b	535.80±71.71^a	238.849^***
	D[4,3]	44.79±0.72^c	53.49±10.32^c	84.94±57.72^b	249.20±28.22^a	129.579^***
	Span⁴⁾	2.51±0.07^b	2.02±0.22^b	4.24±1.43^a	2.44±0.15^b	27.100^***

D[4, 3], volume moment mean; Dv10, Dv50, and Dv90, the measured diameters below which 10%, 50%, and 90% of the particle population lies, on the basis of volume.
Values are mean±SD (n=5).
^***p<0.001.
Defines the width of the particle size distribution and is equal to (Dv90 - Dv10) / Dv50.
^a-dMeans with different letters within the same row are significantly different by Duncan’s multiple range test (p<0.05).