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Material balance calculations are employed in tracing the inflow and outflow of material in a process and thus establish quantities of components or the whole process stream. The procedures are useful in formulating products to specified compositions from available raw materials, evaluating final compositions after blending, evaluating processing yields, and evaluating separation efficiencies in mechanical separation systems.
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Toledo, R.T. (2007). Material Balances. In: Fundamentals of Food Process Engineering. FOOD SCIENCE TEXT SERIES. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29241-1_3
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