Allied & ICAR Exam Bank • ALLIED_1328 NAT • 2 Marks

Section 7: Dairy and Food Engineering

Thermal Processing and Kinetics

Subtopic: Reaction Order in Quality Degradation

Question Statement:

Vitamin C degradation in orange juice follows first-order reaction kinetics $\ln(C / C_0) = -k t$. If the rate constant is $k = 0.0231\text{ day}^{-1}$, the half-life $t_{1/2} = \frac{\ln(2)}{k}$ in days is: (Take $\ln(2) = 0.693$)

Answer Key:

30.0

Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation

$t_{1/2} = \frac{0.69315}{0.0231} = 30.0\text{ days}$.
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