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ich along with their associated moisture contents, are given in(Table . Properties of Cereal Grains 2 2.4 Kernel Density Thekernel

(true) density of grain is dened as the ratio of the mass of grain sample to the solid volume occupied

by the sample. For the determination of kernel density ofan average grain, two methods have been suggested: one involved the

displacement of gas, whereas the other used displacement of liquid. In both methods, Archimedes princi- ple of uid displacement is

used to determine the volume. Wratten et al. ( determinedthe density of medium- and long-grain rice using an air-comparison pycnometer. Thekernel density varied from 1 to 1 kg/ 3for medium-grain rice (Saturn) and from 1 to 1 kg/m3for long-grain rice (Bluebonnet-. The true density of pigeon pea grain was determined by measuring the grain volume using the water displacement method (Shepherd and Bhardwaj, 1a). They found that the true density of pigeon pea decreased linearly with increasing moisture content in the range 5.9.0%. On comparing the truedensity of pigeon pea with that of other cereal grains, it was higher than that of soybean,but lower than that of corn in the moisture range selected for this study. Dutta et al. (1a)used water displacement method and determined the true density of gram in the range ofmoisture content 8.8.7%. The true density of gram decreased linearly with increasingmoisture content. Oje and Ugbor ( used the water displacement method and found the mean true density of oilbean seed was 1 kg/ 3at moisture content level of 4.3%. Chang ( used gas pycnometer with helium to determine the true density of corn,wheat, and sorghum kernels. Irvine et al. ( used an air comparison pycnometer tomeasure the grain volume of preweighed samples and determined the densities of axseed,lentils, and fababeans at different moisture content. They found that the true densities ofEston lentils, Laird lentils, and fababeans decreased by 1.3, 2.8, and 1.6%, respectively