Fiber & Raw Material Engineering

Moisture Regain & Content Calculator

Regain is referenced to dry weight, content to total weight. Billing always uses regain.

Weighing Conditioning oven
g
g
Commercial Standard Contractual regain
8.5%
0% 20%

Moisture Regain

— %

Moisture as a percentage of oven-dry weight

Derived Weights

Moisture Content
— %
Conditioned Invoice Weight
— g
Deviation from Standard Regain
— %
Water Present
— g

Standard regain values are contractual: 8.5% for cotton, 11% for viscose, 0.4% for polyester. Agree the figure before invoicing.

Moisture Regain & Content Calculator — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.