The moisture balance here reported is an apparatus for measuring the surface adhesive moisture ofgranular solid substances. This moisture balance is based on such theoretical foundation as the volumeof a sample is dependent on its moisture content and the buoyancy acted by water upon the sample isproportional to its volume.
Scale pan D is suspended from point A of one arm of a balance with fulcrum K and vessel Rimmersed in water is also suspended from point B of the same arm. By the aid of auxiliary weight W', the balance is in a state of equilibrium without sample.
A sample is placed on pan D and counterweight W of variable mass is suspended from point P ofthe other arm of the balance. Then, the balance is brought into equilibrium by adjusting the mass of counterweight
W. The masses of the sample and the counterweight are unnecessary to be known.
The sample is transferred from pan D into vessel R in water and an equilibrium of the balance is regained by sliding counterweight W to point Q.
Let distances KA, KP, KB and KQ be L, l0, l0 and l respectively and densities of anhydrous sample and water be ρ and ρ
w respectively. Distance L is so determined as to satisfy the equation
_??_ ……(A)
At this time, if the rate of moisture content of the sample is denoted by x, the following equation is formed:
_??_ ……(B)
The specific gravity scale is graduated on the KP arm according to the equation (A) and the moisture scale on the KB arm according to the equation (B).
The specific gravity of anhydrous sample can be measured with the moisture balance.
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