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    Hydrometer Experiment outlines how to use a hydrometer to measure specific gravity (SP.GR) and calculate API and density of liquids. Students used hydrometers calibrated to 0.7 and 0.9 to measure the SP.GR of water, pure kerosine, and crude kerosine. They recorded the SP.GR, API, and density of each liquid. Water had a SP.GR of 0.998, pure kerosine 0.784, and crude kerosine 0.793. Hydrometers measure the ratio of a liquid's density to water's density by how far they float in the liquid.

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    Hydrometer Experiment outlines how to use a hydrometer to measure specific gravity (SP.GR) and calculate API and density of liquids. Students used hydrometers calibrated to 0.7 and 0.9 to measure the SP.GR of water, pure kerosine, and crude kerosine. They recorded the SP.GR, API, and density of each liquid. Water had a SP.GR of 0.998, pure kerosine 0.784, and crude kerosine 0.793. Hydrometers measure the ratio of a liquid's density to water's density by how far they float in the liquid.

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    Hydrometer Experiment outlines how to use a hydrometer to measure specific gravity (SP.GR) and calculate API and density of liquids. Students used hydrometers calibrated to 0.7 and 0.9 to measure the SP.GR of water, pure kerosine, and crude kerosine. They recorded the SP.GR, API, and density of each liquid. Water had a SP.GR of 0.998, pure kerosine 0.784, and crude kerosine 0.793. Hydrometers measure the ratio of a liquid's density to water's density by how far they float in the liquid.

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    Zhiar Koye
    Hydrometer Experiment outlines how to use a hydrometer to measure specific gravity (SP.GR) and calculate API and density of liquids. Students used hydrometers calibrated to 0.7 and 0.9 to measure the SP.GR of water, pure kerosine, and crude kerosine. They recorded the SP.GR, API, and density of each liquid. Water had a SP.GR of 0.998, pure kerosine 0.784, and crude kerosine 0.793. Hydrometers measure the ratio of a liquid's density to water's density by how far they float in the liquid.

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    Hydrometer Experiment

    How to calculate sp.gr by hydrometer


    By: Zhyar sdeeq
    Introduction

    A hydrometer is an instrument used to measure the specific gravity (or relative


    density) of liquids; that is, the ratio of the density of the liquid to the density of
    water.

    A hydrometer is usually made of glass and consists of a cylindrical stem and a bulb
    weighted with mercury or lead shot to make it float upright. The liquid to be tested
    is poured into a tall container, often a graduated cylinder, and the hydrometer is
    gently lowered into the liquid until it floats freely. The point at which the surface
    of the liquid touches the stem of the hydrometer is noted. Hydrometers usually
    contain a scale inside the stem, so that the specific gravity can be read directly. A
    variety of scales exist, and are used depending on the context.

    Hydrometers may be calibrated for different uses, such as a lactometer for


    measuring the density (creaminess) of milk, a saccharometer for measuring the
    density of sugar in a liquid, or an alcoholometer for measuring higher levels of
    alcohol in spirits.

    Procedure

    Tow type of hydrometer were used in the lab one of them is starting with 0.7 and
    another is 0.9 with Thermometer to measure the temperature of the room and its 18o
    the hydrometer was put into the graduated cylinder to measure the SP.GR of the
    liquids then by using the SP.GR calculate the API and density of the liquids

    Results:
    The result of the SP.GR that students measure it with the help of supervisors

    SP.GR API DENSITY

    Crude kerosine 0.793 46.936 793

    Pure kerosine 0.784 48.984 784

    water 0.998 10.283 998

    The API=(141.5/SP.GR)-131.5

    Discussion

    Three types of liquid were used in the lab (water, Pure kerosine, Crude kerosine) In
    the first hydrometer put into the water to measure the SP.GR the hydrometer
    shows 0.793SP.GR and then put in the second one that its Pure kerosine and shows
    0.784 SP.GR the last one its Crude kerosine and the hydrometer shows 0.998(by
    using the second type of hydrometer)
    Conclusion

    In the graduated cylinder that contain liquids there are a hydrometer to measure the
    SP.GR by using lab coat and by specifying the points on the graduated cylinder in detail
    to get a detailed statistic.

    references

    1. Wikipedia
    2. Lab information

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