Re: Viscosity & Gum & Baume

Mac Cosgrove-Davies (MCOSGROVEDAVIES@worldbank.org)
Wed, 12 Jun 1996 13:06:46 +0000 (GMT)

My 1943 Handbook of Chemistry and Physics gives the following
on the subject:

"Baume - There are two kinds in use; heavy Be, for liquids
heavier than water and light Be for liquids lighter than
water. In the former, 0 degrees corresponds to a sp. gr.
1.000 (water at 4 deg. C) and 66 deg corresponds to a sp. gr.
1.842; in the lighter than water scale, 0deg is equivalent to
the gravity of a 10% solution of sodium chloride and 60 deg Be
corresponds to a sp gr. of 0.745."

Perhaps someone else has a more recent source for a
definition.

Mac Cosgrove-Davies