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moisture equivalent

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2018-02-17
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The measure of soil water content used as an estimate for the field capacity of soils. It is the weight of water remaining in a soil sample (expressed as percentage of the dry weight of soil) after the soil has been saturated and subjected for 30 minutes to a centrifugal force 1,000 times gravity (no longer in common use).

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