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SOME PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SODOM APPLE (Calotropis Procera)

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The aim of this research is to study some physical and mechanical properties of Sodom apple (Calitropis procera), to help in designing and developing of specific machine and their operations such as harvesting, cleaning, grading and separation.
The main results in this study can be summarized as follows:
Physical properties of Sodom apple seeds fruits: length= 5.19 - 6.98 mm, width = 3.16 – 5.87mm, thickness = 0.38 – 0.70 mm, geometric diameter= 1.99 – 2.82 mm, arithmetic diameter= 3.21- 3.77mm, flat surface area = 7.07- 9.84 mm2, transverse surface area = 2.89- 5.06mm2, volume 4.12 – 11.68 mm3, mass of 1000 seeds = 5.84 – 7.05 g, bulk density = 200.97 kg/m3, real density = 929.50 kg/m3and moisture content= 8.43 % w.b.
 Mechanical properties: The lowest values of repose angle for seeds were on fiber glass followed by galvanized sheet, plywood, rubber and the highest on perforated sheet (20.86o, 34.81o, 48.86o, 55.63o and 62.46o) respectively. Tensile strength between fibers and seeds was 0.0986N.

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10.21608/mjae.2017.96833

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Ghanem,

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Prof. of Ag. Eng., Fac. of Ag. Eng, Al-Azhar Univ., Cairo, Egypt.

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Nagy

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Prof. of process Eng., Food Tech. Res. Inst., Ag. Res. Center, Egypt.

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Badr

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Lecturer of Ag. Products Porocess Eng. Dept., Fac. of Ag. Eng., Al-Azhar Univ., Cairo, Egypt.

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Darwish

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34

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2

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14483

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2017-04-01

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2020-06-19

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2017-04-01

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1,009

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1,022

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1687-384X

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2636-3062

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MJAE_Volume 34_Issue 2_Pages 1009-1022.pdf

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Misr Journal of Agricultural Engineering

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SOME PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SODOM APPLE (Calotropis Procera)

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23 Jan 2023