| 词条 | Chondrometer |
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A chondrometer is a measuring instrument designed to determine the bulk density of grain. Grain density is measured in kilograms per hectolitre (Imp. pounds per bushel). It is thus also referred to as the hectolitre mass.[1] PurposeDensity is a guide to wheat quality and determines the price and the space required to store and transport the crop.[2]DescriptionA chondrometer consists of a filling hopper, a measuring container, a straightedge, a weighing instrument. The filling hopper allows the grain to fall into the measuring container in a reproducible pattern as several measurements are taken, and all readings need to be within a strict degree of accuracy.[1] The measuring cylinder has flat top edge to it can levelled using the straightedge (a strickle) to give a set volume. Today, the measuring instrument can be a set of digital scales with an accuracy greater than 0.1 g, though in the past it was a steelyard balance with the measuring cylinder hooking directly onto the scales. Calculation
The measuring container will usually be 1L or 0.5L to make the calculations easy. References1. ^1 Australian Measurement Institute Grain- Density Measuring Instruments accessdate=21 October 2017 2. ^{{cite web|title=History week: science delivers our daily bread|url=https://maas.museum/inside-the-collection/2011/09/06/history-week-science-delivers-our-daily-bread/|website=Inside the Collection|publisher=Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences|accessdate=21 October 2017|location=New South Wales|language=en-AU}} External links
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