This optical refractometer (alcohol meter) has a scale in the range of 0 - 25 % of potential alcohol yield.
The reading resolution is 0.2 %. It is designed for the measurement of fruit juice and its potential alcohol yield based on sugar content (second scale Baume).
Scale / Characteristic Scale Range Resolution
Potential alcohol yield 0 to 25 % 0.2 %
Glucose / sugar 0 to 40 %Bé 0.2 %Bé
The usual sucrose concentration of selected substances
Example: 100 grams of 25 %Bx aqueous solution contains 25 grams of sugar.
In other words, there is 25 grams of sugar and 75 grams of water in 100 grams of sugar solution.
cutting, or machining emulsions (water with oil) :0 ~ 7%Bx
apple juice, carbonated soft drinks :10 ~ 22% Bx
beer wort :0 ~ 20% Bx
pineapple :avg. 12.8% Bx
tomato juice :3 ~ 6% Bx
mango :avg. 13% Bx
peach juice :6 ~ 12% Bx
rowanberries :14% Bx
orange juice :6 ~ 13% Bx
milk beverages :16 ~ 21% Bx
apricots :8 ~ 11% Bx
plums :18 ~ 22% Bx
sour cherry :8 ~ 18% Bx
juniper - berries :30% Bx
pears :8 ~ 22% Bx
fruit concentrates :42 ~ 68% Bx
prunes :9 ~ 14% Bx
condensed milk :52 ~ 68% Bx
mirabelle plum :10 ~ 15% Bx
vegetable oil :57 ~ 90% Bx
cherries :10 ~ 18% Bx
sugar syrup :58 ~ 80% Bx
gentian (Gentiana lutea) - root :10 ~ 25% Bx
fruit jam (jelly) :60 ~ 70% Bx
Measurement :
The liquid measurement is very easy. Place a few drops of the liquid on the optical part of the refractometer, cover the prism (the liquid will spread more easily over the prism), look throught the eyepiece against the light (focus, if necessary) and you will be able to read the result value on the scale.
Specification :
· reference temperature 20 Centigrade
· ATC - automatic temperature compensation (compensation range 0 ~ 30 Centigrade)