Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
salinometer
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
salimeter .
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- noun a
salimeter
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Examples
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A salometer is a device that measures brine density saturation (26.4% salt at
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For each 10°F the brine is below 60°F, one degree salometer should be subtracted from.
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Readings are taken by noting the point on the scale where the salometer emerges from the surface of the brine solution.
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For other brine temperatures the observed salometer readings must be converted before using them in the table.
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The thermometer is used to determine the temperature of the brine as it is being tested with the salometer.
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Brines stronger than eutectic deposit excess sodium chloride as dihydrate when cooled, and freeze at eutectic. c Saturated brine at 60°F. the observed salometer reading.
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A rule of thumb states that for every 10°F the brine is above 60°F, one degree salometer should be added to the observed reading before using Table 1, which is standardized for 60°F.
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For practical purposes, add one degree salometer for each ten degrees above 60°F and deduct one degree salometer for each ten degrees below 60°F.
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To read a salometer, place it in a vessel, like the graduate cylinder shown in Figure 2, and allow it to float.
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For instance, if a salometer reading was observed to be 80°SAL in a brine which was 40°F, the corrected salometer reading would be 78° SAL (subtract 1°SAL for each
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