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Hygroscopic equilibrium of cofee, tobacco, and vegetable seeds

This paper deals with the determination, of the hygroscopic equilibrium of coffee, tobacco, and vegetable seeds corresponding to relative humidities of their environment varying from 10% to 90%. Judging by the relatively low dry weights of all the samples held at 90% relative humidity, there seems to be no doubt that the high moisture content obtained for these samples were partly due to a decrease in seed dry matter. The rate of change in moisture with change in humidity differed greatly among the various kinds of seeds. Coffee and garden beans gained 0.18% in moisture with increase of 1% in humidity, while lettuce and tobacco gained half that amount.


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