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Liquid Setting
You can select from the three available options i.e. water, ethanol and other.
Press the <TOGGLE> key to change the liquid option.
After proper selection of the liquid setting the <TARE> key.
The default option is distilled water.
Mode Setting
You can select from three options i.e. compensated, uncompensated and purity of gold.
Press the <TOGGLE> key to change the Mode setting.
After proper selection of mode press the <TARE> key .
The default option is compensated.
The results of purity of gold will be shown in carats.
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The density is determined applying the principle of Archimedes, which states that any body
immersed in a fluid becomes lighter by an amount equal to the weight of the fluid that it has
displaced.
Purity of gold can also be determined on the basis of density.
The weighing unit of density determination will be 'grams'.
Density determination presupposes that you have selected the 'F Den' in the user menu.
To calculate the density of sample, the balance should know the type of liquid and its
temperature, used to calculate the density of solid.
Procedure
Press and hold the <TOGGLE> until the functionality menu is prompted.
Press the <TOGGLE> key to browse through the Temperature, Liquid and Mode
settings.
Temperature Setting
Press the <TARE> key when the 'temp' is displayed.
Press the <TOGGLE> key ( ) to change the value of the flashing digit.
Press the <CAL> key ( ) to change the flashing digit from left to right.
After proper setting of values press the <TARE> key.
The default value of temperature is
25.0ºC
This setting is alterable only when the liquid selected is water or ethanol. If the liquid
selected is 'Other' the temperature setting will ‘nA’ i.e. Not applicable.
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6.8 Density Determination
