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Photoacoustic Detection of Temperature Phenomena in Beeswax

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Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena III

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Abstract

The need for non-destructive monitoring of phase transitions in biological specimens is an important issue in agricultural practice for the status of the membrane stability of various plant materials [1]. This paper is concerned with flashlight photoacoustic detection of phase transitions in beeswax, a biological material that exhibits a pronounced phase transition (change in colour from transparent to milky near 32° C). The same technique was applied to observe phase transitions taking place in a coating of a familiar battery tester. These preliminary studies are initial steps towards development of the flashlight photoacoustic technique for investigations of more complex samples such as seeds and pollen of plants.

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  1. Centre for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Research, CPRO-DLO, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    H. Jalink, W. J. van der Burg, R. A. van Zwol & J. W. Aartse

  2. Department of Agricultural Engineering and Physics, Agrotechnion, Wageningen Agricultural University, Bomenweg 4, 6703 HD, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    D. Bićanić

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  1. Laser Photoacoustic Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Engineering and Physics, Wageningen Agricultural University, Bomenweg 4, 6703 HD, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Dane Bićanić

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Jalink, H., Bićanić, D., van der Burg, W.J., van Zwol, R.A., Aartse, J.W. (1992). Photoacoustic Detection of Temperature Phenomena in Beeswax. In: Bićanić, D. (eds) Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena III. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 69. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47269-8_150

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