% ash oven dry calculation

Fragment of a discussion from Course talk:APBI403

Hi Amy, I just checked the lab manual file posted here, and nothing is missing in any of the formulas shown under section 4.2.

In order to calculate % ash(oven-dry), you need to multiply [100/(100-% moisture)] by % ash (air-dry)

MajaKrzic (talk)21:31, 3 October 2019

Thanks Maya.

When I plug my numbers into this equation, I get a value over 100. I'll ask you about it in class tomorrow.

AmySigsworth (talk)23:21, 3 October 2019

There is a mistake somewhere in your calculation ...... SOM + ash need to add up to 100%

MajaKrzic (talk)01:17, 4 October 2019