Andrew wrote:
On 29 Nov 2003 22:13:26 GMT, wrote:

Andrew wrote:
standing. Green elm has a 140% water content dwb (IIRC).

???? can anyone explain that?

It was from memory so I did not refer it back to wet weight basis. The
dry weight basis refers the water content to the oven dry weight of
the wood so if the oven dry weight is 1kg the water content is 1.4kg
and the total weight is 2.4kg. As a wet weight basis percentage this
means the mc would be 1.4/2.4=58.3% hic :-)

OK, makes sense, though it's a confusing use of a percentage.

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Chris Green )