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567: 291: 562:{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}\mathrm {degrees\ Baum{\acute {e}}} &={\begin{cases}\displaystyle 145\left(1-{\frac {1}{\text{s.g.}}}\right)&{\text{for density greater than water}}\\\displaystyle {\frac {140}{\text{s.g.}}}-130&{\text{for density lesser than water}}\end{cases}}\\{\text{s.g.}}&={\begin{cases}\displaystyle {\frac {145}{145-{\text{degrees Baum}}\mathrm {\acute {e}} }}&{\text{for density greater than water}}\\\displaystyle {\frac {140}{130+{\text{degrees Baum}}\mathrm {\acute {e}} }}&{\text{for density lesser than water}}\end{cases}}\end{aligned}}} 702: 36: 581: 182: 697:{\displaystyle {\text{s.g.}}={\begin{cases}\displaystyle {\frac {144}{144-{\text{degrees Baum}}\mathrm {\acute {e}} }}&{\text{for density greater than water}}\\\displaystyle {\frac {144}{134+{\text{degrees Baum}}\mathrm {\acute {e}} }}&{\text{for density lesser than water}}\end{cases}}} 281:
to water) and degrees Baumé is a function of the temperature. Different versions of the scale may use different reference temperatures. Different conversions formulae can therefore be found in various handbooks.
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Thus, the system could be understood as representing a practical spectrum of the density of liquids between −100 and 100, with values near 0 being the approximate density of water.
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and simply Baumé (the accent is not always present). One scale measures the density of liquids heavier than water and the other, liquids lighter than water. The Baumé of
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Baumé degrees (heavy) originally represented the percent by mass of sodium chloride in water at 60 °F (16 °C). Baumé degrees (light) was calibrated with 0
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industry, winemaking, industrial water treatment, metal finishing, and printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication. It is also used for caustic in refining process.
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As an example, a 2008 handbook states the conversions between specific gravity and degrees Baumé at a temperature of 60 °F (16 °C):
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Because of vague instructions or errors in translation a large margin of error was introduced when the scale was adopted. The
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scale is a result of adapting to the subsequent errors from the Baumé scale. The Baumé scale is related to the Balling,
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Smithells, Colin J. and Al. 'Metals Reference Book', London Butterworths Scientific Publications, 1949. Page 41
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for the measurement of density of liquids. Today the Baumé scale is still used in various industries such as
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An older handbook gives the following formulae (no reference temperature being mentioned):
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Please expand the section to include this information. Further details may exist on the
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The numerator in the specific gravity calculation is commonly known as the "modulus".
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The relationship between specific gravity (s.g.; i.e., water-specific gravity, the
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This definition, with two different moduli, is the American standard of Baumé.
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of various liquids. The unit of the Baumé scale has been notated variously as
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NIST source refers to the 144-based heavy scale as "Holland" or "old".
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scale is based on errors in early implementations of the Baumé scale.
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Boulton, Roger; Vernon Singleton; Linda Bisson; Ralph Kunkee (1996).
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the Baumé scale was generally used in industrial chemistry and
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about how the scales are merged -- source NIST65 may be useful.
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