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Eyyup Karaogul1 \*, Ertugrul Altuntas2 , Tufan Salan3 and Mehmet Hakki Alma2

1 Department of Food Engineering, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey

2 Department of Forest Industry Engineering, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey

3 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey

\*Address all correspondence to: eyyupkaraogul@gmail.com

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