Compared with the traditional oven method, the new
method was significantly faster and equivalent with regard to precision. Total analysis time could be reduced from
>12 h for the oven method to 7–40 min. The drying
times reported here were extracted from weight loss
curves and represent the time required to reach constant
weight. For routine applications, it would be advisable to
take advantage of the automatic drying programmes most
moisture analysers include, which allow to set a certain
rate of weight loss as end point. In this work, a weight
change of