[meteorite-list] Measuring Density

From: Starbits_at_aol.com <Starbits_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:51 2004
Message-ID: <17d.1870df90.2bb14bb7_at_aol.com>

In a message dated 3/24/2003 8:51:26 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
freewu2000_at_yahoo.com writes:

<< Unfortunately the normal way to measure density( specific gravity) is to
weight the stone UNDER WATER. This is compared to the weight in air. This
give the displacement with water having a density of 1gm/cc. >>

Actually Father Guy Consolmagno with the Vatican Obvservatory Research group
has done density tests on quite a number of meteorites. However instead of
a liquid for the volume measurement he uses very small glass beads.

Eric Olson
http://www.star-bits.com
Received on Tue 25 Mar 2003 01:05:43 AM PST