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Water Content in Products

Products and water content before and after drying - common material like cork, grain, soap, peat, wood and more

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The water content in some common materials before and after drying are indicated in the table below:

Material Original water content
before drying
%
Final water content
after drying
%
Coal, bituminous 40 - 60 8 - 12
Earth 45 - 50 -
Earth, sandy 20 - 25 -
Grain 17 - 23 10 - 12
Cork 40 - 45 10 - 15
Glue 80 - 90 -
Glue, air dried 15 -
Hides 45 -
Macaroni 30 - 35 11 - 13
Rubber goods 30 - 50 -
Soap 27 - 35 25 - 26
Starch 38 - 45 12 - 14
Starch, air dried 16 - 20 12 - 14
Pasta, macaroni, spaghetti, noodles 30 - 35 11 - 13
Peat 85 - 90 30 - 35
Yarn, washing 40 - 50 -
Wood, green hard 50 10 - 15
Wood, green soft 30 - 50 10 - 15
Wood, air dried hard 17 - 20 10 - 15
Wood, air dried soft 10 - 15 10 - 15

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