Research Article

Effects of Friction Plate Hardness and Surface Orientation on the Frictional Properties of Cereal Grain

Table 2

Physical parameters of the analyzed kernels ().

Physical parameteraCereal species
BarleyOatsRyeWheat

Moisture (% dry basis)
Thickness (mm)
Width (mm)
Length (mm)
Mass (mg)
Geom. mean diameter (mm)
Aspect ratio (%)
Sphericity index (%)

aMc values are based on three replications. The remaining parameters are based on 50 replications.