0 a piece of equipment used for measuring the density (= the relationship between the weight of something and its size) of a liquid -- areometr
Mechanical analysis was used to determine percent sand, silt and clay using a soil hydrometer method17,18.
The density of the brine in the reservoir was measured using a hydrometer accurate to 0.0005 g ml-1.
The simplest method of measuring the specific gravity of a liquid is the hydrometer.
The sand fraction (63-2000 m) was determined by wet sieving, with silt (2-63 m) and clay (<2 m) determined by hydrometer.
But to compensate for long-term aquarium evaporation, it is far more convenient to use a hydrometer to characterize the specific gravity while adding pure water as needed.
When the solution is cool, the gravity is read by hydrometer, and small quantities of water or concentrated potash solution are added till the required gravity is obtained.
Hydrometer method used for making particle size analyses of soils.
Texture was measured with the hydrometer method23.