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I'm also curious about these numbers. What is the percentage of
moisture being compared to? The total weight of what it has absorbed
into? A glass of water, in my book, is 100% moisture content. 100%
means "all water" in this case. Relative humidity of 100% in air means
it can't hold any more for the current temperature, and begins
condensing. <br>
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So are we comparing against the volume or weight of cellulose? Or
what?<br>
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Bill "90% of the game is half mental" Christensen<br>
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On 1/29/12 4:56 PM, John Straube wrote:
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">300% is easy. A glass of
water can have 5000%. <br>
Live wood regularly as 100-125% wood MC. Straw being lighter could be
300%, but I would only ever trust a gravimetric measure, not an
instrument, to read this.<br>
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Some wood absorbs to 200% and will sink to the bottom of lakes before
it makes it to the sawmill.<br>
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On 12-01-29 12:48 PM, martin hammer wrote:
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Canadian research into straw bale swimming pools)</title>
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Speaking of % moisture content, and at the other end of the spectrum
(way beyond, actually), in the CMHC Straw Bale House Moisture Research
paper regarding bales in floors, as Habib mentioned, it does say “<font
color="#2f292a">Some were as wet as 300 per cent moisture content</font>
. . .”.<br>
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I love and respect the whole series of CMHC research papers and test
reports. But how can anything be 300% moisture content?</span></font><br>
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