[meteorite-list] Measuring Density
From: colin wade <ceweed_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:51 2004 Message-ID: <000c01c2f2ea$cd866040$54c64dd4_at_ceweed> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_LT018Vf4/ELl0FbywLoEIA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi folks If I may suggest a more meteorite friendly determination substitute the water for ethyl alcohol , with a correction of. 0.88? for the water density the fluid must be carfully & ecollogically disposed by dilution 10 - 14- 1 with carbonated water with a trace of quinnine and prepared for the disposal by passing through the human kidney. the determination may need repeating several times to reduce experimental error .... but no meteorites will be harmed during the process the murchisons & tagish may end up a tad less organic & the determinator may lose a little spatial resolution may even catch on ;-) searches are off at the mo.... deserts even more hostile god bless & all the best col ----- Original Message ----- From: Howard Wu To: meteorite-list Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 6:48 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Measuring Density 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. Howard Wu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs --Boundary_(ID_LT018Vf4/ELl0FbywLoEIA) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi folks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I may suggest a more meteorite friendly determination</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>substitute the water for ethyl alcohol , with a correction of. 0.88? for the water density</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the fluid must be carfully & ecollogically disposed by dilution 10 - 14- 1 with carbonated water with a trace of quinnine and prepared for the disposal by passing through the human kidney.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the determination may need repeating several times to reduce experimental error .... but no meteorites will be harmed during the process</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the murchisons & tagish may end up a tad less organic & the determinator may lose a little spatial resolution</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>may even catch on</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>searches are off at the mo.... deserts even more hostile</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>god bless & all the best</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>col</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:freewu2000_at_yahoo.com" title=freewu2000@yahoo.com>Howard Wu</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com" title=meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>meteorite-list</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 25, 2003 6:48 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] Measuring Density</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> 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. <BR><BR>Howard Wu<BR> <P> <P><BR> <HR SIZE=1> <A href="http://uk.yahoo.com/mail/tagline_xtra/?http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail_storage.html"><B><FONT face=Arial size=2>With Yahoo! Mail you can get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs</FONT></B></A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_LT018Vf4/ELl0FbywLoEIA)-- Received on Tue 25 Mar 2003 11:21:13 AM PST |
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