Effect of specimen size on cotton lint moisture content by the oven method

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-9

  Byler, Richard K ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton; Lint; Measurement; Moisture content; Weight

Indexed keywords

COTTON FIBERS; DRYING; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OVENS;

COTTON LINT; OVEN METHOD; SPECIMEN SIZE;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 1842430014     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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