Carefully measure specific gravity using a scale and graduated cylinder

Wednesday 16th July 2014

This is a convenient way to measure the specific gravity of a glaze or clay slurry fairly accurately. Get a graduated cylinder like this (e.g. Amazon.com). Be careful with cheap plastic ones, check them with water and mark the true 100cc mark if needed. Counterbalance the empty graduated cylinder to zero on your insight-live.com/picture/3480">0.01g scale. Fill it to the 100 mark. The specific gravity is the weight divided by 100.

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