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Definition of Pycnometer
1. n. A specific gravity bottle; a standard flask for measuring and comparing the densities of liquids.
Definition of Pycnometer
1. Noun. (physics) a vessel used to determine the specific gravity of a liquid; a specific gravity bottle ¹
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Definition of Pycnometer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pycnometer
Literary usage of Pycnometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Henry Alexander Miers (1902)
"Finally, the pycnometer is emptied, re-filled with water, the same precautions
being observed as in the last operation, and when the column in the capillary ..."
2. Laboratory Manual of Bituminous Materials for the Use of Students in Highway by Prévost Hubbard (1916)
"pycnometer Method Equipment: 1 large metal kitchen spoon. 1 steel spatula or
kitchen knife. 1 Bunsen burner with rubber tubing. ..."
3. Paving Brick and Paving Brick Clays of Illinois by Charles Wesley Rolfe, Ross C. Purdy, Arthur Newell Talbot, Ira Osborn Baker (1908)
"This incompleteness of saturation under these conditions is shown by the difference
in the specific gravity as determined by the volumeter and pycnometer. ..."
4. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"pycnometer for Determining the Specific Gravity of Powders.— For determining the
specific gravity of small fragments or of powders, the mineral may first be ..."
5. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1914)
"An improved form of Jolly balance was designed by Linebarger,' and another by
Kraus.2 449. pycnometer for Determining the Specific Gravity of Powders. ..."
6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"The pycnometer was placed in a vacuum desiccator, which was then exhausted, and
the toluene was allowed to boil gently for some time with frequent jarring ..."
7. Pharmaceutical and Food Analysis: A Manual of Standard Methods for the by Azor Thurston (1922)
"An Improved pycnometer for Glycerin. J. Ind. and Eng. Chem., 1911, 3, 508. ...
HUBBARD, PREVOST—A Useful Form of pycnometer for Determining the Specific ..."
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