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Article: MOISTURE METER CORRECTION FACTORS FOR FOUR BRAZILIAN WOOD SPECIES.
- Article from:
- Forest Products Journal
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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W. COLE STEPHENS [*]
PERRY N. PERALTA [*]
ABSTRACT
The species correction factors during moisture content measurement of jatoba (Hymenaea courbaril), mandioquiera (Qualea paraensis), quarubarana (Erisma uncinatum), and quarubatinga (Vochysia lehmanii) were determined for dielectric- and resistance-type moisture meters. When using the dielectric-type moisture meter, the correction factors for mandioquiera and quarubarana range from -3.2 to -1.0 and from -3.0 to -1.3, respectively. For jatoba and quarubatinga, the average correction factors of -4.6 and 0.4, respectively, may be used over the full experimental dielectric meter reading range. When ...