> However, a 1% change in volume is fairly significant, and probab=
ly
>unlikely for gum over a 10F temperature change. If you have a measuring
>cylinder accurate to 1ml test it yourself. A 1 litre cylinder would be
>ideal. Fill it to 950ml and see how it's volume varies with temperature.
>Anything less than a 30ml variation is less than 1 degree Beaume, and
>anything less than 10ml is less than a third of a degree. My guess is
>you'll get less than 2ml, which is less than a tenth of a degree. (I
>doubt if manufacturing tolerances are much higher than that.)
> Do the tests yourself and see what happens.
Don't forget the glass dilatation of the cylinder !
All this is very theorical, in practice the only problem is :
is the error true ?
A test of every gum is a VERY good idea, BUT... is Beaum=E9 the good way =
?
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