Moisture content has been established as an important indicator of shelf life for foods. Moisture can determine the aesthetics of food, giving estimates to product shelf life regardless of sample properties in a wet or dry state. Ash content also is essential to a food’s nutrition and longevity.
Classification of Coal by Rank (ASTM D388-12). Calculating sulfur trioxide that is determined in accordance with ASTM D5016-08, dmmf:dry mineral-matter-free basis , moisture mmf : moisture mineral-matter free basis......
Analytic data calculated to the moisture condition of sample as it arrived at the laboratory and before any processing or conditioning . If sample has been maintained in a sealed state, so there has been no gain or loss, the as received basis is equivalent to the moisture basis as sampled .Air dried basis (ad): A means of ...