A new method is presented for measuring the density of solids based on measuring the volume of a float balancing a body in a liquid of known density. The method combines the advantages of a flotation method and those of hydrostatic weighing; it may be used for measuring the density of solids with an inhomogeneous composition and complex shape of the outer surface and with a density of more than 2300 kg/m3, and also for bodies with weight and dimensions for which it is impossible to use the hydraulic weighing method.
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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 9, pp. 23–26, September, 2009.
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Domostroev, A.V. Determination of solid density by counterbalancing in a liquid. Meas Tech 52, 956–960 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-009-9379-z
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