Moisture content (MC) is the percentage of water in a substance.

Wet basis MC is the amount of water in a solid, expressed as the weight of water in a percentage of the wet solid. Wet-based moisture content is commonly used to describe the water content in pulp, paper, agricultural and food products.

Formula

Wet Basis Moisture Content:
MCwet % = 100 x (wet weight - dry weight) / wet weight

Moisture Content % Measured On A Wet Basis

The mass of water as a percentage of the total mass of solid and water.
Maximum moisture content measured on a wet basis is always less than 100%

MCwet% = 100 * (wet weight-dry weight)/wet weight

Wet Weight	lbs
Dry Weight	lbs
Results:
Wet Basis MC % MCwet%

Conversion from MC% Wet to Dry MC%

Moisture content can be measured based on wet basis or dry basis.
If the wet basis moisture content %(MCwet) is known it can be converted to dry basis moisture (MCdry) content percentage.

MCdry% = MCwet/(100-MCwet)*100;

Wet Basis MC %	MCwet%
Results:
Dry Basis MC % MCdry%

Calculating Green Weight from Dry Weight and MCwet%
MCwet% is always less than 100%

green weight = dry weight + dryweight * (MCwet/(100-MCwet)*100)

Dry Weight	lbs
Wet Base Moisture %	MCwet %
Results:
Wet Weight lbs Weight of Water lbs Amount of Water in Gallons US gal Dry Base Moisture % MCdry%