Moisture diffusivity in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) seeds: Effect of air temperature and initial moisture content of seeds Original Research Article

The moisture diffusivity in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) seeds were evaluated as a function of the air drying temperature and the initial moisture content of seeds obtaining values between 2.53 × 10−12 m2/s (30 °C, 12.87% d.b.) and 7.67 × 10−11 m2/s (90 °C, 23.44% d.b.). From a statistical analysis based on a factorial experiment, moisture diffusivity showed higher dependence with drying air temperature than with the initial moisture content at P < 0.01.