MOISTURE CONTENT – OVEN DRYING METHOD

Purpose of the test

This test is performed to determine the moisture content of paper, solid board or folding board using the oven drying method.

Procedure

100 g of testing material is provided for each Level. According to ISO 287 for lightweight papers, a smaller mass of at least 25 g testing material may be used for each measurement.

Open the package and immediately take out at least 25g testing material from the package and place it in an oven-dried at 105°C glass container with lid. The mass of the glass container should be known to 0.01g. Dry the testing material at a temperature of 105°C. When the testing material is considered to be completely dried, quickly close the container and allow the container to cool in a desiccator.

Weigh the container and the contents until the testing material has reached constant mass. It is reached when two consecutive weightings do not differ by more than 0,1% of the mass.

For both samples the moisture content is measured as double measurement.

Report 2 measures, their mean and standard deviation calculated to 3 significant figures, express the results in %.

ISO 287
Nr. of samples

100 g of testing material  for each Level

No special size, A4 is standard

Levels

Level 1: 4.3÷5.0 %

Level 2: 6.2÷6.9 %

Reporting

Report 2 results of measurements in %, their mean and their standard deviation. All to three significant digits.

CEPI test 1.4