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Moisture content is probably the simplest value to understand.

It is simply the quantity of water contained in a material.

 

Traditionally measured through loss of weight on drying.

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This method raises some issues, depending on the drying temperature you may not remove all water or may also remove other non water compounds.

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More modern methods resolve these issues and use infra red absorption. This way the water content is directly measured, the method is non-destructive and far quicker. 

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Moisture content is typically given as a percentage in terms of weight.