Moisture content

Description

The amount of absorbed water present in a material. Moisture content is expressed as the weight/weight percentage (w/w%) of water in a material versus the materials' total original (non-dried) weight. The weight of the water is obtained by weighing the material as received (original weight) then subtracting the weight of the oven-dried material. The determination of the moisture content of paper is important for optimum printing operations. See also regain moisture regain and moisture equilibrium moisture .

Synonyms and Related Terms

Feuchtigkeitsgehalt (Deut.); teneur en humidit (Fr.); teor de humidade (Port.)

Authority

• ASTM, ASTM, Standard Terminology Relating to Conditioning, Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Section 6, Paints, Related Coatings and Aromatics, ASTM, E41, 23-24, Sep-92

• Rosalie Rosso King, Rosalie Rosso King, Textile Identification, Conservation, and Preservation, Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ, 1985

• Boise Cascade Paper Group, Boise Cascade Paper Group, The Paper Handbook, Boise Cascade, Portland OR, 1989

• Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982

• Robert Fournier, Robert Fournier, Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Pottery, Chilton Book Company, Radnor, PA, 1992

• Theodore J. Reinhart, Theodore J. Reinhart, 'Glossary of Terms', Engineered Plastics, ASM International, 1988