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1. Moisture content About 1 gm of powdered airdried coal sample is taken in a crusible, and is heated at 100 − 10 5 ∘ C in an electric hotair oven for 1 hour. The loss in weight of the sample is found out and the % of moisture is calculated as % of moisture in coal = weight of airdried coal loss in weight of the coal × 100 2.