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      <PublisherName>emergentresearch</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Emergent Life Sciences Research</JournalTitle>
      <PISSN>2395-6658 (</PISSN>
      <EISSN>) 2395-664X (Print)</EISSN>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
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        <Year>-0001</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
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      <ArticleType>Research Article</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>Engineering properties of neem (Azadirachta indica) fruit and seed for the design and development of neem fruit depulper and decorticator</ArticleTitle>
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      <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage>
      <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA>
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          <FirstName>GANGA KISHORE</FirstName>
          <LastName>S</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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      <Abstract>Studies had been carried out to study engineering properties of neem fruits and seeds collected from southern region of India at different moisture content which would be useful in studying drying characteristics, designing equipment and development of neem fruit depulper. Engineering properties varied when moisture content varied, so for different moisture content of neem seeds study had been carried out. The moisture content, one thousand mass, mean linear axial dimensions (length, breadth and thickness), arithmetic mean diameter, geometric mean diameter, equivalent mean diameter, sphericity, surface area, volume, aspect ratio, frontal surface area, cross sectional area, shape index, bulk density, true density, porosity, angle of repose, coefficient of friction, compressive strength, terminal velocity and color value of the samples (fresh neem fruit, dry neem fruit, fresh neem seed at 30% MC, dried neem seed at 20% MC and dried seed at 10% MC) ranged between 10 to 38 %, 276.7 to 1200 g, (12.1 to 18.10, 8.452 to 12.63 and 8.15 to 12.18) mm, 9.57 to 14.30 mm, 9.41 to 14.07 mm, 28.876 to 52.77mm, 65.83 to 78.08 %, 278.10 to 621.92 mm2, 2617.874 to 8750.48 mm3, 55.29 to 70.60 %, 80.28 to 179.54 mm2, 71.87 to 160.68 mm2, 83.94 to 187.53 mm2, 157.639 to 726.36 kgm-3 , 730.14 to 929.33 kgm-3 , 21.84 to 78.40%, 30.29 to 42.80?, 0.21 to 0.86, 39.24 to 412.02 N, 108.25 to 223.16 m/s and 3.0 to 84.1 respectively. The engineering properties of neem fruits and seeds increased with increase in moisture content. While porosity, coefficient of friction and compressive strength decreased.</Abstract>
      <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage>
      <Keywords>Correlation analysis, Neem, Physical properties, Regression analysis, Depulping</Keywords>
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        <Abstract>https://www.emergentresearch.org/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=13941&amp;title=Engineering properties of neem (Azadirachta indica) fruit and seed for the design and development of neem fruit depulper and decorticator</Abstract>
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        <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage>
        <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage>
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