Materials for Civil and Construction Engineers (4th Edition)
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Author: Michael S. Mamlouk, John P. Zaniewski
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The moisture content of the given wood.
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The moisture content of wood test was performed according to ASTM D4442procedure and produced the following data:Weight of specimen in the green condition = 317.5 gWeight of oven-dry specimen = 203.9 gCalculate the moisture content of the given wood.
The moisture content of wood test was performed according to AST D4442 procedure and produced the following data: Weight of specimen in the green condition = 317.5 g Weight of oven-dry specimen = 203.9 g
Calculate the moisture content of the given wood.
10.6 The moisture content of wood test was performed according to ASTM D4442
procedure and produced the following data:
Weight of specimen in the green condition = 317.5 g
Weight of oven-dry specimen
Calculate the moisture content of the given wood.
203.9 g
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