In doing the experiment (Total Evaporable Moisture Content and Total Surface Moisture), what can you conclude about this experiment. And if the calculated total evaporable moisture is 2.2%, total surface moisture is 1.1% and the absorption is 1%. What can you conclude from this data

In doing the experiment (Total Evaporable Moisture Content and Total Surface Moisture), what can you conclude about this experiment. And if the calculated total evaporable moisture is 2.2%, total surface moisture is 1.1% and the absorption is 1%. What can you conclude from this data

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In doing the experiment (Total Evaporable
Moisture Content and Total Surface
Moisture), what can you conclude about
this experiment. And if the calculated total
evaporable moisture is 2.2%, total surface
moisture is 1.1% and the absorption is 1%.
What can you conclude from this data

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