Validation
The proposed approach was validated using the moisture content determination data of rough rice reported by Noomhorm and Verma (1982). They found that 130aC-16 h drying of rough rice resulted in significantly higher moisture contents compared to the sta?dard AOAC method. Using equation [7], the moisture contents of rough rice samples were computed by entering the experimental moisture content values determined at 130 aC and 16 h by Noomhorm and Verma as apparent moisture contents. Table 9 shows that the experimental AOAC (Noomhorm and Verma, 1982) and computed (present study) moisture contents were close generally within 0.5% w.b. except for a few cases. A
close examination of the experimental data of
Noomhorm and Verma revealed that moisture content
differences between the two methods varied up to 1.72%
w. b., perhaps due to experimental discrepancies. This
was contrary to the observations made in the present
study, which showed a more consistent pattern in
moisture difference values when comparing various
methods of moisture measurement (Table 4).