Table 9.
Mass variability of MCAS via soaking in water and brine.
| Specimen Index | Mass | Mass Change | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Specimen | Water Soaked | Brine Soaked | Water Soaked | Brine Soaked | |||||
| Initial State | 2 Days | 21 Days | 2 Days | 21 Days | 2 Days | 21 Days | 2 Days | 21 Days | |
| (g) | (g) | (g) | (g) | (g) | (g) | (g) | (g) | (g) | |
| 1 | 2366.2 | 2415.4 | 2455.3 | 49.2 | 89.1 | ||||
| 2 | 2458.6 | 2506.0 | 2543.4 | 47.4 | 84.8 | ||||
| 3 | 2353.4 | 2402.0 | 2439.9 | 48.6 | 86.5 | ||||
| 4 | 2435.2 | 2478.0 | 2512.2 | 42.8 | 77.0 | ||||
| 5 | 2427.2 | 2587.0 | 2716.4 | 159.8 | 289.2 | ||||
| 6 | 2546.8 | 2671.2 | 2772.0 | 124.4 | 225.2 | ||||
| 7 | 2470.4 | 2608.0 | 2719.5 | 137.6 | 249.1 | ||||
| 8 | 2543.8 | 2666.4 | 2765.7 | 122.6 | 221.9 | ||||
| 9 | 2399.1 | 2534.2 | 2638.2 | 135.1 | 239.1 | ||||
| Average | 2444.5 | 2450.4 | 2487.7 | 2613.4 | 2722.4 | 47.00 | 84.36 | 135.90 | 244.90 |
| Standard deviation | 65.0 | 43.1 | 42.0 | 51.3 | 47.9 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 13.3 | 24.2 |
| The coefficient of variation (%) | 2.66% | 1.76% | 1.69% | 1.96% | 1.76% | 5.34% | 5.32% | 9.78% | 9.89% |