Abstract:
The T
c (collapse temperature) and thermal history of the solution were studied using freeze-drying microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), the T
g´ (glass transition temperature of the maximally freeze-concentrated state) was determined according to the two results obtained. The effects of different heating and freezing rated on T
g´ and T
c of isomaltose (IMO) solution were analyzed. The effect of D-Mannitol solution, according to its characteristics reverse glass transition and enhancement of ice crystal structure, on T
g´ and T
c of IMO solution was investigated. It could be concluded that the low and high temperature transitions presented in the thermal history of sample solutions. The measured T
c existed between the end of low temperature transition and the beginning of high temperature transition, and the low temperature transition was identified to be glass transition according to the freeze-concentrated state of solutions. The freezing rates had no significant effect on T
c and T
g´
, and T
c was 3~4 ℃ higher than T
g´. However, the higher the freezing rate, the more obvious the collapse phenomenon, with the increasing of heating rate , T
c and T
g´ increased and collapse phenomenon aggravates, T
c increased more obviously, the drying effect was better at 1 ℃/min. With the reduction of IMO/D-Mannitol ratio, T
g´ decreased and the devitrification phenomenon became more obvious, the most was 5:5, the drying effect of 9:1 and 5:5 was better than that of IMO solution, the collapse was worst at 8:2, T
c was 6~7 ℃ higher than T
g´. When a small amount of D-Mannitol was added, the dried structure was better preserved, T
c was higher than that of IMO solution at 9:1, and the drying layer maintained better.