Table 3. Particle size of standard and non-standard radish powder samples under hot air drying (HD), freeze drying (FD), and microwave vacuum drying (MVD)

Samples Drying methods Particle size (μm)
Dv (10)1) Dv (50) Dv (90) Span2)
Standard HD 28.27±10.03a3) 349.00±162.56a 1,520.00±96.44a 4.8±1.72b
FD 4.89±0.08c 14.97±0.21c 73.10±10.67d 4.55±0.63b
MVD 38.83±3.35b 132.67±25.48bc 658.00±348.14c 4.48±1.57b
Non-standard HD 10.42±0.77c 120.67±26.39bc 1,092.67±220.77b 9.03±1.73a
FD 4.74±0.03c 14.50±0.10c 63.80±3.08d 4.07±0.19b
MVD 41.70±10.10a 246.33±44.28ab 780.00±106.41bc 3.02±0.14b
Dv (10), Dv (50) and Dv (90) are the equivalent volume diameters at 10%, 50% and 90% cumulative volumes, respectively.
Span, [Dv (90) − Dv (10)] / Dv (50).
All values are mean±SD (n=3) and different superscript letters (a-c) in the column indicate significant differences (p<0.05) by Duncan’s multiple range test.