ASTM E871

Moisture Analysis of Particulate Wood Fuels

Applicability: This procedure applies to sander dust, saw dust, pellets, green tree chips, hogged fuel, or other type of particulate wood fuel samples received or generated by Conti Testing Laboratories, Inc. (CTL), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1.1. Summary: Moisture is determined by establishing the loss in weight of the sample when heated under rigidly controlled conditions of temperature, time, and atmosphere, sample weight, and equipment specifications.
1.2. Matrix or Matrices: Sander dust, saw dust, pellets, green tree chips, hogged fuel, or other type of particulate wood fuel.
1.3. Holding Time: None.
1.4. Preservation: None.
1.5. Interferences: None.
1.6. Sample collection and shipment: sample containers are non-porous glass, metal, or ceramic and of configuration to accommodate the test sample. The minimum volume shall be 32.18 cm3 (2 in.3).

Purpose: The purpose of this procedure is to determine the total weight basis moisture of any particulate wood fuel.