Direct mesurement of the Volumetric Water content
Description
Water content or moisture content is the quantity of water contained in a material, such as soil (called soil moisture), rock, ceramics, fruit, or wood. Water content can be directly measured using a known volume of the material, and a drying oven.
Related formulasVariables
| θ | Volumetric water content (dimensionless) |
| mwet | Masse of the sample before drying in the oven; (kg) |
| mdry | Masse of the sample after drying in the oven; (kg) |
| ρw | Density of water (kg/m3) |
| Vb | Volume of the sample before drying (m3) |