age dated 96-02-07 11:33:36 EST, you write: >Or, more to the point, Higher temperatures allow the air to hold more total >moisture. Relative humidity is a percentage of the saturation point of the >air at a given temperature, so 50% relative humidity at 70 degrees >represents less actual H2O per unit of air then 50% relative humidity at 85 >degrees. > > No thats not what I mean. The rate at which the wood absorbs moisture is affected by the temperature. If given time the wood will come to the same EMC at 50% RH whether the temperature is high or low. EMC is in relation to RH. JH
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