Monitoring the acid coagulation process of milk by dielectric measurement

The application of dielectric measurement techniques is becoming increasingly widespread in several fields of science and industry, due to its simple, quick and accurate usability. The dielectric behavior of almost all materials largely depends on among other factors their physical structure and chemical composition, and when these properties change even to just a relatively small extent, it can be detected by monitoring appropriate dielectric parameters. In our work, we have investigated the process of acid coagulation of milk to see whether a correlation can be established between the rheological behaviour of milk and two dielectric parameters, namely the dielectric constant, and the dielectric loss factor