Determining moisture content in eastern redcedar

A study was conducted in which the moisture content of 13 eastern redcedar heartwood and sapwood samples was determined by ovendrying, toluene extraction distillation, and with an electronic resistance-type moisture meter. The results show that, due to the presence of volatile organic compounds, ovendrying is not a satisfactory method of determining heartwood moisture content. The distillation method proved to be more accurate and can be used to provide correction factors for the convenient, below fiber saturation point, use of resistance moisture meters.

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