The amount of water in the soil was measured in this test. A small boat of aluminum foil was created and several spoonfuls of soil were placed within. This sample, without the foil, was 71g.
This was placed in a drying oven overnight at a temperature of 90-95° F so the water was evaporated out of the sample. The dried mass was weighed again, this time at 63g. From these measurements, it was concluded that 63/71g was soil and 8/71g was water. This means that 88.7% was soil and 11.3% was water.
After discussing with other classmates, we learned that there not a correlation between soil moisture and texture. Clay produced a long ribbon of soil. Another group with soil with a high concentration of clay contained 37.9% water. This most likely came from the high water content.
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