Rapid Determination of Specific Gravity of Plastic Materials

1941 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 864-867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Palmer ◽  
Warren Jones
1976 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 567-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. J. H. Woodward ◽  
P. Trayhurn ◽  
W. P. T. James

1. Carcass fat was determined by extraction with tetrachloroethylene and measurement of the solvent's change in density. The results were comparable in precision to those of a reference method; the new method extracted storage lipid but little structural lipid.2. The technique is simple, rapid and appropriate for many nutritional studies.


1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (37) ◽  
pp. 131 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAE Pym

A suspension weighing technique, developed for the rapid determination of the specific gravity of eggs, is described and compared with one using salt solutions of known density. A simple impact device was used to determine shell strength for correlation with the results of specific gravity determinations. Eggs were obtained from three strains of domestic fowl : White Leghorn, .Australorp, and Synthetic (a closed population in its eighth generation originally based on White Leghorn-Australorp crosses). The numbers of eggs examined in one hour by suspension weighing, salt solutions, and the impact device were 400, 200, and 100 respectively. Repeatabilities of specific gravity based on three eggs per hen were slightly higher for suspension weighing than for salt solutions. Correlations between specific gravity and breaking strength ranged from +0.72 to +0.78 for the three strains. Correlations between egg weight and specific gravity and between egg weight and breaking strength were effectively zero. It is concluded that for routine work, measurement of specific gravity by suspension weighing is a reliable and rapid method of estimating shell strength.


1940 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. F. JACOBSEN ◽  
K. LINDERSTRØM-LANG

1963 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. H. Pawlowski

The specific gravities of seed of 14 safflower varieties were determined by three methods and correlated with oil percentages. Displacing a weighed quantity of seed in. water or mercury proved to be an accurate method of determining the specific gravity of seed samples. However, displacement in mercury is a more rapid method. The specific gravity of individual seeds or seed particles was determined rapidly with a density gradient tube but this method was not practical with large seed samples.A correlation coefficient of r = − 0.91 (P < 0.01) was obtained between specific gravity and oil content of safflower embryos. The correlation coefficients between specific gravity and oil percentage in flax seed, rapeseed, and dehulled sunflowers were −0.90, −0.84, and −0.90 (P < 0.01), respectively.


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