quartz microbalance

measurement instrument

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principles of operation

  • two-pan balance
    In balance

    Small quartz microbalances with capacities of less than a gram have been constructed with a reliability much greater than is ordinarily found with small assay-type balances having a metal beam with three knife-edges. Microbalances are used chiefly to determine the densities of gases, particularly of gases…

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