Compressive stress relaxation curves of agar and alginatc gels of different gum concentration (14% and 0.5-2%, respectively) were fitted by a two parameter nonexponential empirical model and a three term modified Maxwell model with two fixed relaxation times (10 and 100s). The asymptotic portion of the residual (unrelaxed) stress calculated by the two models for each gel had a similar magnitude, and therefore could serve as an objective measure of the gels dcgrec of solidity. The coefficients of the modified Maxwell model provided a simple but meaningful means to compare, in quantitative terms, the differences in the relaxation time spectra that wcrc associated with the gels' stiffness and strength.
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