BLACK BEANS
MOTOMCO 919 MOISTURE METER CHART
													BLACK BEANS
Sample Size		250	Grams				Calibrate at		53				8% to 20% Moisture
% MOISTURE = 10.894797 + (0.272728 * MR)  - (0.002474 * MR^2)  + (0.000014822 * MR^3)  - (0.06351 * T)
METER READING & PERCENT MOISTURE
1			18	10.20		35	13.15		52	15.58		69	17.91		86
1 1/2			18 1/2	10.30		35 1/2	13.23		52 1/2	15.65		69 1/2	17.98		86 1/2
2			19	10.39		36	13.31		53	15.72		70	18.06		87
2 1/2			19 1/2	10.49		36 1/2	13.38		53 1/2	15.78		70 1/2	18.13		87 1/2
3			20	10.59		37	13.46		54	15.85		71	18.20		88
3 1/2			20 1/2	10.68		37 1/2	13.53		54 1/2	15.92		71 1/2	18.27		88 1/2
4			21	10.78		38	13.61		55	15.99		72	18.35		89
4 1/2			21 1/2	10.87		38 1/2	13.68		55 1/2	16.05		72 1/2	18.42		89 1/2
5			22	10.96		39	13.76		56	16.12		73	18.50		90
5 1/2			22 1/2	11.06		39 1/2	13.83		56 1/2	16.19		73 1/2	18.57		90 1/2
6			23	11.15		40	13.90		57	16.26		74	18.65		91
6 1/2			23 1/2	11.24		40 1/2	13.98		57 1/2	16.32		74 1/2	18.72		91 1/2
7			24	11.33		41	14.05		58	16.39		75	18.80		92
7 1/2			24 1/2	11.42		41 1/2	14.12		58 1/2	16.46		75 1/2	18.87		92 1/2
8	8.04	*	25	11.51		42	14.19		59	16.53		76	18.95		93
8 1/2	8.15	*	25 1/2	11.60		42 1/2	14.26		59 1/2	16.60		76 1/2	19.03		93 1/2
9	8.27	*	26	11.68		43	14.34		60	16.66		77	19.10		94
9 1/2	8.38	*	26 1/2	11.77		43 1/2	14.41		60 1/2	16.73		77 1/2	19.18		94 1/2
10	8.50	*	27	11.86		44	14.48		61	16.80		78	19.26		95
10 1/2	8.61	*	27 1/2	11.94		44 1/2	14.55		61 1/2	16.87		78 1/2	19.34		95 1/2
11	8.72	*	28	12.03		45	14.62		62	16.94		79	19.42		96
11 1/2	8.84	*	28 1/2	12.11		45 1/2	14.69		62 1/2	17.00		79 1/2	19.50		96 1/2
12	8.95	*	29	12.19		46	14.76		63	17.07		80	19.58		97
12 1/2	9.06	*	29 1/2	12.28		46 1/2	14.83		63 1/2	17.14		80 1/2	19.66		97 1/2
13	9.16	*	30	12.36		47	14.90		64	17.21		81	19.74		98
13 1/2	9.27		30 1/2	12.44		47 1/2	14.97		64 1/2	17.28		81 1/2	19.82		98 1/2
14	9.38		31	12.52		48	15.03		65	17.35		82	19.91		99
14 1/2	9.48		31 1/2	12.60		48 1/2	15.10		65 1/2	17.42		82 1/2	19.99		99 1/2
15	9.59		32	12.68		49	15.17		66	17.49		83
15 1/2	9.69		32 1/2	12.76		49 1/2	15.24		66 1/2	17.56		83 1/2
16	9.80		33	12.84		50	15.31		67	17.63		84
16 1/2	9.90		33 1/2	12.92		50 1/2	15.38		67 1/2	17.70		84 1/2
17	10.00		34	13.00		51	15.44		68	17.77		85
17 1/2	10.10		34 1/2	13.08		51 1/2	15.51		68 1/2	17.84		85 1/2
												* indicates extrapolated value
Temperature Correction (°F)
40	2.35		50	1.71		60	1.08		70	0.44		80	-0.19		90	-0.83
41	2.29		51	1.65		61	1.02		71	0.38		81	-0.25		91	-0.89
42	2.22		52	1.59		62	0.95		72	0.32		82	-0.32		92	-0.95
43	2.16		53	1.52		63	0.89		73	0.25		83	-0.38		93	-1.02
44	2.10		54	1.46		64	0.83		74	0.19		84	-0.44		94	-1.08
45	2.03		55	1.40		65	0.76		75	0.13		85	-0.51		95	-1.14
46	1.97		56	1.33		66	0.70		76	0.06		86	-0.57		96	-1.21
47	1.91		57	1.27		67	0.64		77	0.00		87	-0.64		97	-1.27
48	1.84		58	1.21		68	0.57		78	-0.06		88	-0.70		98	-1.33
49	1.78		59	1.14		69	0.51		79	-0.13		89	-0.76		99	-1.40
USDA, FGIS													Chart B-1-96
													Effective August 1 1996
							Printed by Motomco Ins.
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