A rapid cotton conditioning apparatus that uses a combination of dry air and room air forced through a blended 10 gram laboratory sample is evaluated with 14 cottons. The evaluation indicates that a 6 to 10 minute conditioning cycle is equal to 24 to 48 hours of room conditioning in trays. The use of dry air in the rapid conditioner had little or no effect on hysteresis when compared to samples that were room conditioned in trays.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, section 7, volume 07.02, D 1776-79, 409-411, 1984.
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Wood, Moel H., Moisture Content of Cotton and Fiber Properties, Cotton Economic Research. Research Rep. No. 33, University of Texas, 8, 17, 1955.
