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specific-gravity determinations

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | © A Dictionary of Earth Sciences 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

specific-gravity determinations In soils, for engineering computations, grains are weighed in a calibrated glass container (pycnometer), carefully excluding air, to relate the mass of the sample to its volume. The specific gravity of solid rocks can be determined using a Walker balance, and can be carried out on dry or water-saturated samples. See also DENSITY DETERMINATION.

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