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  • Soap Weight

    Posted by paoloferino on June 2, 2020 at 7:11 am

    Please be informed that i bought 135g soap last 2018. However, soaps has not been my source of sale. Now, i weighed 1pc of it again and it weighed, 110g. a lost of 25g, can someone help me with this? Thank you

    paoloferino replied 4 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • OldPerry

    Member
    June 2, 2020 at 12:58 pm

    That is about an 8% weight loss.  Some soap is sold with a moisture content of 5 - 15% so, I’m guessing the lost mass is evaporated water.

  • paoloferino

    Member
    June 4, 2020 at 6:42 am

    Thank you Perry!

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