Water absorption for stone?

Answer Posted / aditya richie

stone soked in water for 24 hours weighed ,it is then oven
dried for 4 hours and weighed . Difference in weights gives
water absorbed by stone . water absorption is calculated by
dividing water absorbed by dry weight of stone and
multiplying it with hundred .

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