Summary. Doughs of wheat flour, salt and water have been mixed to various levels of work input and water content. Rheological tests have shown that above a particular water content the dough system is unaffected by further addition of water. It is proposed that the water in dough is held with various degrees of strength and that the distribution of water is dependent upon the mechanical work input.
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Webb et al. (1970) studied this question.