Cucumber Hardness Change Rate
Wax Solution Concentrations (%)
Constants
R
2
a
b
c
Control
0.0007
- 0.0072
0.2024
0.989
25
0.0005
- 0.0041
0.1599
0.992
50
0.0004
- 0.0042
0.1523
0.989
75
0.0004
- 0.0051
0.1364
0.993
100
0.0002
- 0.0023
0.1131
0.996
Temperature (°C)
Constants
R
2
a
b
c
5
4 × 10
-6
- 0.0001
0.1751
0.985
10
3 × 10
-6
- 0.0014
0.2143
0.994
15
7 × 10
-6
- 0.0018
0.3356
0.996
Room Temperature
1 × 10
-5
- 0.0039
0.4483
0.998
Table 6:
The constants a, b, c and coefficient of determination for hardness change at the different wax solution concentrations and the different storage temperatures.
