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A hydrometer is an instrument used to measure the specific gravity of liquids by determining how far the instrument sinks or floats based on the density of the liquid. It has a glass bulb weighted with lead to float upright and a narrow neck with scale markings. Following Archimedes' principle, the lower the density of the liquid, the further the hydrometer will sink, while the hydrometer floats higher in liquids with higher densities, allowing measurement of the ratio of a liquid's density to that of water.

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Presentation Hydrometer

A hydrometer is an instrument used to measure the specific gravity of liquids by determining how far the instrument sinks or floats based on the density of the liquid. It has a glass bulb weighted with lead to float upright and a narrow neck with scale markings. Following Archimedes' principle, the lower the density of the liquid, the further the hydrometer will sink, while the hydrometer floats higher in liquids with higher densities, allowing measurement of the ratio of a liquid's density to that of water.

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HYDROMETER

BY;
GREENGROUP
• A hydrometer is an instrument used to
measure the specific gravity (or relative
density) of liquids; that is, the ratio of the
density of the liquid to the density of water.
• It has a glass bulb which contains some lead to
make it float upright and long narrow neck
with a scale mark on it caused the hydrometer
more sensitive.
The operation the hydrometer is based on the Archimedes
principle that a solid suspended in a fluid will be buoyed up by a
force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced. Thus, the lower
the density of the substance, the further the hydrometer will
sink
• The large air filled glass bulb is used to
displace more liquid and it caused the
upthrust increases. Hence, the hydrometer
floats.
• In a liquid of lesser density, the hydrometer is
more submerged.
• The hydrometer floats higher in a liquid of
higher density.

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