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Sonocrystallisation of Lactose in an Aqueous System

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Dincer, Tuna
Zisu, B.
Vallet, C.
Jayasena, Vijay
Palmer, M.
Weeks, M.
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2014
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Dincer, T. and Zisu, B. and Vallet, C. and Jayasena, V. and Palmer, M. and Weeks, M. 2014. Sonocrystallisation of Lactose in an Aqueous System. International Dairy Journal. 35 (1): pp. 43-48.
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NOTICE: This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in International Dairy Journal. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in International Dairy Journal, Vol. 35, Issue 1.

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Although research on sonocrystallisation of lactose has been reported in the literature (yield and crystal size), the effect of ultrasound variables on nucleation and growth rate of lactose have not been studied. In this study, lactose crystallisation with ultrasound was compared with mechanical agitation using the induction time method at 22 °C. Ultrasound had a significant effect in reducing induction times and narrowing the metastable zone width but had no effect on individual crystal growth rate or morphology. A rapid decrease in induction time was observed up to 0.46 Wg-1 power density. Sonication up to 3 min decreased the induction time, but no further reduction was observed beyond 3 min. It was not possible to generate the nucleation rates achieved by sonication using agitation alone. 1 min sonication at 0.46 Wg1 power density followed by continuous stirring was found to be the optimum under the experimental conditions tested.