From: TERRY KING, 101522,2625
TO: Judy Seigel, INTERNET:jseigel@panix.com
DATE: 12/06/96 11:13
RE: Copy of: Re: Viscosity & Gum & Baume
Judy
You say that I have not answered your question:
I said that degrees Baume are a method of measuring the specific gravity of
heavy liquids, water is 0 degrees and a 10 % soidium chloride solution is 10
degrees, but that I had, as a rough guide, worked on the basis that the heavier
the liquid the more viscous it was. I said that I did not know whether there was
an equivalent scale for measuring viscosity.
> > Maybe so, but I'm getting to be a less forgiving medium by the minute....
> Have you answered my question? No you haven't.
I thought that the above did answer the question but to give a practical example
when etching a plate for gravure you start with ferric chloride at 45 degrees
Baume and then add distilled water to reduce the specific gravity, as the
specific gravity is reduced so does the Baume number; the lightest solution one
uses is likely to be around 38 degrees.
>
> My Websters says there are two scales for specific gravity -- one for
> liquids heavier than water, one for lighter -- but doesn't tell whether
> the higher numbers are denser or waterier and neither have you.
That is a good indication of the limitations of lexicographers and a warning not
believe everything you read in dictionaries. Have you not bought a Chambers yet
?
Terry
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