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BEAUME AREOMETER [1 record]

Record 1 1995-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Chemistry
CONT

The Baumé hydrometer, named for the French chemist Antoine Baumé, is calibrated to measure specific gravity on evenly spaced scales; one scale is for liquids heavier than water, and the other is for liquids lighter than water.

OBS

Baumé. Also [spelled] erroneously Beaumé.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Chimie
CONT

Aréomètre Baumé. C'est un aréomètre à poids constant. Sa graduation - en degrés Baumé -, qui n'a plus cours légal depuis mai 1961, est arbitraire, mais permet d'évaluer la concentration de n'importe quelle solution avec la même unité et le même appareil imaginé par Baumé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos científicos
  • Química
DEF

Instrumento que sirve para medir la densidad de los líquidos en dos escalas arbitrarias, una para líquidos más pesados que el agua y la otra para líquidos más ligeros que el agua.

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