Rice Lake Ohaus Explorer Pro High Capacity Instuction Manual - Manual (Page 37)

Explorer Pro EN-33
Place a beaker underneath the balance (not supplied)
and suspend a precision calibrated thermometer 0 °C to
30 °C on the edge of the beaker.
• Record and store the temperature in the Setup Menu.
• Tare the balance.
• Press Enter button to start the Density application.
• Follow directions of the prompts
• “Place weight in Air, Press Enter”. Place the solid sample
on the pan and press the Enter button.
• “Place weight in Liquid, Press Enter”. Suspend the solid
sample from the Weigh Below Hook into the beaker. Use
a fine wire or thread. Fill the beaker with auxiliary liquid
(liquid of known density
Q
0
' usually distilled water or
ethanol). Insure that the liquid will cover the sample by
at least 1 cm after immersion.Ensure that no air bubbles
adhere to the immersed part of the supporting wire. Re-
move air bubbles by moving the wire or by means of a
fine brush.
Weigh the solid (buoyancy
P ) by pressing the Enter
button.
• The display indicates the density in grams/ cc.
A typical final display is shown which indicates all of the
parameters and values.
DENSITY 01/01/03 03:05:45 PM
TEMP SETUP START
0g 6100g
*
Temp: 25.0 Air: 100.19 g
Aux D: 0.9971 Liquid: 95.17 g
Volume: 5.03 g
19.90
g/cc