GENERAL INFORMATION
1.2 DATA SUMMARY
RANGE: contents from below air-dry to near saturation.
Moisture
ACCURACY: The basic accuracy of the instrument is ±().5% m.c., but
variations
due to the nature of the samples may reducethisto
m.c. The accuracy tends to fall at high moisture contents.
SELF-CHECK
FACILITY: nie instrumentmay be checked against the internal standard
resistance
of I MQ at a meterreadingof 40.
CALIBRATION: The calibrations,
which are made by comparison with standard
analyticalprocedures,are based on ground sampleswherever
possible.
SCALES: The standard apparatus includes the Calibration Data for the
cereal grains and agricultural seeds.
Cereal
grains
and 9 to 25%for wheat,rye and maize; 8 to 24% for barleyandoats.
agricultural
seeds: Temperature
-l to 38
0C (30 to 100
0F). The scales are basedon
oven drying for four hours at 1200C (2480F).
Tables are provided covering agricultural seeds.
Flour
and
wheat: 9 to 25%for groundwheat; 10
to 20%for flour. Temperature
-l
to 380C(30 to outside the range 10 to 300C(50 to 860F)
there may be a slightfall in accuracy. The scales are based
on
oven dryingfor four hours at 1200C
(2480F). Tables are given
for othermill stocks and products.
Cigarette
tobacco: 8 to 20% for 'cigaretterag' (equivalent to cut whole leat) and9 to
21%for cut lamina. Temperature 10to 300C(50 to 860F).The
scales are based on oven drying for sixteen hours at 1000C
(2120F).
Tickbeans: 9 to 22.5% for ground beans. Temperature 10 to (50 to
860F). The scale is based on oven drying for fifteen hoursat
105
0C (22 IT).
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