Question

250g of soil sample is heated to dryness and weighed. Its mass is found to be 225g. Calculate the percentage moisture of the given soil sample.

Answer 1

Answer:

How to increase soil water content by percentage?

For example: Wet soil sample weight was 42.5 g same sample oven dried at 105 C weight 31.0 g, so the I come to know there is 37% water content. How much additional water I should add to increase soil water content from 37% to 50%.

Answer 2

Answer:

10%

Explanation:

Original Mass of soil = 250g

Mass of dried soil = 225g

So, Mass of water in soil = 250g - 225g = 25 g

Percentage of moisture in soil

= Mass of water in soil/ Original mass of soil * 100%

= 25g/250g*100%

= 10%

Thus, percentage moisture of given soil sample is 10%.

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